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Bidzina Ivanishvili, Georgia’s French despot
As the country’s courts become more Russian, the real Georgia can be found out on the streets
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Brutally policed, heading for dictatorship… but at least Georgia has cheap wine, says Independent
As the country heads towards a Russian-style autocracy, the website is pushing it as an 'undiscovered gastronomic haven of £2 wine'
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What Georgia’s protests mean for its future
When the government suspended the country’s bid for EU ascension, protesters took to the streets. But now their demands have evolved
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In Georgia, a president becomes a protester
After the crisis of October’s parliamentary elections, president Salome Zourabichvili has been the country’s most prominent voice of dissent
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Georgia’s two presidents
Georgia’s new pro-Moscow president is determined to fight his own people – meanwhile, his pro-EU predecessor has left office and gone into the streets to join the protests
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Georgia’s symphony of protest
A fine balance between popular anger and state violence engulfs Tbilisi every evening
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The Georgian government versus the people
In Tbilisi, weeks of despair have turned into rage as the authoritarian government ignore Georgians' cries for EU integration
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Tbilisi’s war of the walls
Georgia’s disputed election has been hailed as a victory for Vladimir Putin, but murals in the capital paint a different picture
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The front Europe doesn’t know it’s fighting
As a “stolen” election damages their country’s European dream, Georgians fear their divide with the west is becoming irreversible
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A Georgian nightmare goes on
The diaspora voted heavily for change. But rigged results at home have the authoritarians claiming victory
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The UK’s election was crucial for Ukraine
Conveniently, the Georgian press saw no reason to focus on the change of government in Britain
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After the Euros, will Georgia qualify for the EU?
Be it football or politics, Georgians know the importance of unity
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‘We don’t want Russia – we want the EU’
Thousands of Georgians are protesting against the "Russian law", refusing to give up their hopes of joining the EU
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The threat of Russian law in Georgia
People in Tbilisi are protesting Georgia’s Russification. Instead, they want to be part of the EU
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Throwing paint at Joseph Stalin in Georgia
The icon of St Matrona of Moscow and Stalin has caused a remarkable division of opinion in Georgia, culminating in an act of vandalism
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The hippo who went shopping: a vivid portrayal of the refugee experience
A real-life zoo breakout is the first in a series of tumultuous events to befall the refugee hero of Leo Vardiashvili’s
impressive debut novel
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Georgia takes a step towards the EU
Joining the European family is what Georgians have wanted for decades
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The ‘Orbánisation’ of Georgia
The promotion of conservative or even hard-right ideas across Europe is a threat
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Once again, Russian flights land in Tbilisi
Moscow is in a hurry to get into Georgia – again
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A spray can is your weapon in Tbilisi
The city's graffiti sketches out Georgia's role in the conflict in Ukraine
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A Georgian spring is in the teargassed air
The government wants to get close to Russia, but the people want the EU. The demonstrators have won the first round in the streets of Tbilisi – but what comes next?
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The tree transport and the taming of Georgian cinema
A film that has won plaudits abroad has been unofficially blacklisted in Georgia, where it was made. Its silence speaks volumes about the country’s democratic decline
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Revolution that might have been
Georgia spawned Stalin, the monster who forever poisoned the legacy of the Russian Revolution. But it also produced a tantalising alternative vision of what that revolution could have led to. JUSTIN REYNOLDS explores the forgotten history of the fleeting Democratic Republic of Georgia, which offered a flicker of hope before it was extinguished Post-Revolutionary Russia […]