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CAUCASUS BLOG: What's behind the Georgian government's revival of the foreign agents law?
April 11, 2024
Bill targeting NGOs and independent media comes as the ruling Georgian Dream party faces a tough challenge at this October's parliamentary elections.
CAUCASUS BLOG: Where next for Georgian Dream?
March 9, 2023
Two days of mass protest have forced the ruling Georgian Dream party to back down and withdraw a proposed “foreign agents” law, which would brand NGOs and media that receive more than 20% of their income from abroad.
CAUCASUS BLOG: Azerbaijan knows that power is power
September 15, 2022
Baku wants to use the new balance of power in the South Caucasus to dictate the terms of any peace deal, and appears to be testing Moscow’s willingness to keep the peace in the region.
CAUCASUS BLOG: Armenia’s day of crisis delivers anticlimax
February 26, 2021
Rally of PM Pashinian, who took to the streets warning a military coup was under way, fails to reach critical mass. Opposition’s rival effort, meanwhile, was a flop.
CAUCASUS BLOG: Georgia’s corrupted anti-corruption strategy
January 29, 2021
“Only 29 percent of Georgians believe that cases of high-level corruption are investigated properly in Georgia, while 47 percent think that they are not,” says Transparency International.