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On 31 March 2025, the anniversary of Georgia’s 1991 independence referendum, thousands rallied on Rustaveli Avenue under the slogan “The People’s Spring is Coming.” President Salome Zurabishvili called for the resistance to take a political form alongside street protests, proposing a “Platform of Resistance” to unite pro-European forces pushing for new elections and the release of political prisoners. The protests, now in their 128th consecutive day, erupted after Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party claimed victory in the October 2024 parliamentary elections with 54% of the vote – results international observers and opposition groups widely condemned as fraudulent. The situation worsened...

If you would hear it from the liberal internationalists, the battle for the future of democracy is being fought in Tbilisi. There, protestors are facing off with – in Brussels’ telling – a pro-Kremlin gang eager to drag Georgia into Russia’s orbit. The European Union, it claims, is supportive of Georgia taking a democratic path. But Brussels does not want a democracy – it wants a client state. How did we get here? It started when the Georgian government (now opposition) blundered into a major war with Russia, back in 2008. Georgia lost that war, and the government was resoundingly...

Politics Fact Checker Biden administration The 202s Polling Redistricting tracker June 8, 2022 at 6:00 a.m. EDT Christina Pushaw, press secretary for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), has become a prominent protector of her boss and a fierce critic of the media. (Paul Hennessey/SOPA Images/Shutterstock) A spokeswoman for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) this week registered as a foreign agent of a former president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, belatedly detailing work she performed for the politician between 2018 and 2020. The spokeswoman, Christina Pushaw, made the disclosure following contact from the Justice Department, according to her attorney, Michael Sherwin. She...