Politics

February 18, 2022

Dispatch – February 17/18: Red Flags

MP Mandates Terminated: a Story of Evil, Inconsistency, and Questionable Strategies - GD Chair on Ukraine Support & Fear of Russia - Patriot Acts: a Day when GD and UNM Rallied Around Same Flag Time goes by, and the positions and steps of the ruling party and the opposition continue to be increasingly irreconcilable

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February 15, 2022

Parliament Terminates Mandates of Three Opposition MPs, Former Speaker

Georgian Dream-led Parliament today terminated the MP mandates of Lelo party's Badri Japaridze, Labor chair Shalva Natelashvili, Droa leader Elene Khoshtaria and former Speaker Kakha Kuchava

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February 15, 2022

Dispatch – February 14/15: So-Called Life

Gov't, Opposition Trade Cyber-Fraud Accusations - Georgian Dream to Launch "Women's Organization" - Authorities Attempt to Address Pension Loan Misery - Garibashvili Specifies Employment Welfare Initiative The diverse, often dangerous and miserable methods of financial survival were at the center of Georgian political discussions these days, with politicians on all sides either trying to offer some kind of relief or shift the blame onto their opponents

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February 11, 2022

Dispatch – February 10/11: Beyond Good and Evil

Another Gov’t Reshuffle: More to Come? - Split Reactions as 2020 Hostage Taker Faces Years in Jail - Police Inaction Cases against Femicide Pile Up In a land where the social life is unfair and courts are unfree, people have trouble figuring out what justice exactly means – or how to apply it

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February 08, 2022

Dispatch – February 7/8: Inner Workings

UNM's Awkward Chair - Writers' Breakaway Contest - Stage Director Caught in State Property Drama - Inadequate Energy Bills Spark Outrage Life in Georgia has been getting more expensive lately, but some have prices even higher to pay for things they never ordered, be it inadequate energy bills or an unexpectedly arriving ex-President

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February 04, 2022

Dispatch – February 3/4: Big Solutions

Inflation That Won't Go Away - Saakashvili Plans to "Divorce Big Money from Politics" - Georgia's Bitcoin Problem and Idea of Green Crypto-mining - Elections Turmoil Back in 2 Months Despite the row about Georgian authorities not being supportive enough to Ukraine (or critical enough to Russia), past weeks turned out relatively calm

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February 03, 2022

Annual Inflation Hits 13.9% in January

Georgia’s annual inflation rate stood at 13

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February 02, 2022

Georgian Opposition Politicians to Visit Kyiv

The United National Movement, Lelo and Droa opposition parties are kicking off separate visits to Kyiv on February 2-3 in show of solidarity to Ukraine amid the threat of possible Russian invasion

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February 02, 2022

MP Samadashvili Joins Lelo Party as Political Secretary

MP Salome Samadashvili today joined the Lelo party as its Political Secretary, having previously quit the United National Movement in May

Politics

January 27, 2022

NDI Poll: Economy Top Concern, Lack of Confidence in Political Parties

The new public opinion survey commissioned by the National Democratic Institute (NDI), a U

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January 25, 2022

Dispatch – January 24-25: Violence in Silence

Police Abuse Incident Shocks Public - Silence of the Lambs: Government Faces Backlash - National Accord: All-Female Visitors in President's Palace - Strike Ends, Conflict Stays Time goes by in Georgia, and bad things happen

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January 21, 2022

Dispatch – January 20/21: Temptations

Sending Saakashvili to Monastery - PM Touts "Return to Holy Land" - Another Guilty Verdict from Strasbourg - Alliance of Patriots Wake Up from Hibernation Christian teachings may say a true believer should be able to resist many temptations, but Georgian leaders can't help but succumb to the biggest temptation of using religion to build their political capital

Politics

January 03, 2022

Annual Inflation Hits 13.9% in December

Georgia’s annual inflation rate in December spiked at 13

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December 24, 2021

Dispatch – December 23/24: Politics of Sacrifice

New Transport Fares: Why People Are Angry – UNM’s Mass Hunger Strike Idea Draws Skepticism – Concerns Over Police Abuse, Inaction Mount People, causes, or ideas must be quite dear if they are worth self-sacrifice

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December 21, 2021

Dispatch – December 20-21: European Culture

PM's Annual Report: Nation, Church, the Family - Mr

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December 15, 2021

GD, Opposition Meet Over Constitutional Amendments

Several opposition MPs and the Georgian Dream lawmakers met today behind closed doors to exchange their positions on constitutional amendments to the electoral system, envisaged by the EU-mediated April 19 deal

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December 15, 2021

NDI Report on October Municipal Polls

National Democratic Institute (NDI), a U

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December 10, 2021

Dispatch – December 9-10: Opti-Males

Health Minister's Unhealthy Resignation - GD Optimum Force, Mayor Says - Deputy Assistant Secretary What?! Kaladze Cringes - Skeptical Eyes of the Beholder: Zurabishvili Gets Scolded for Saying the Right Thing Those trained in economics are probably familiar with the concept of Pareto efficiency/Pareto optimality, denoting a state when one dimension cannot improve without a second worsening, or no further changes can make one person better off without at the same time making another worse off

Politics

December 07, 2021

Dispatch – December 6-7: Scientists

Flak from History Textbooks - Scores March Against Green Passes, Few Notice - Poison or Cure: Saakashvili's Prescription Alarms - Pensions Hike: Too little, too late? Trust science, they tell us, and we cannot agree more

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November 30, 2021

Dispatch – November 29/30: The Trial

Saakashvili Trial: Key Takeaways - UNM Member Suspects Misha's Slow Murder Plot - Rumors of Garibashvili Replacement - Ivanishvili's Bermuda Hearings Humankind - and its best minds - may have invented court proceedings for people to seek justice and find fair judgment in disputes