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EU calls for 'calm and restraint' after Georgia vote

The European Union called on authorities in Georgia to ensure the right to protest, after the government accused opposition movements of trying to launch a coup during controversial elections.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 6, 2025

Georgia's new president sworn in amid political showdown

Georgia inaugurated a far-right governing party loyalist as president Sunday, escalating a political showdown moments after his pro-EU predecessor declared herself the "only legitimate president".

Radio France Internationale · Dec 29, 2024

Georgia installs former footballer Mikheil Kavelashvili as new president

Ex-Man City striker Mikheil Kavelashvili was only candidate in vote put to politicians rather than the people.

Al Jazeera · Dec 14, 2024

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Hundreds of Georgian NGOs pledge to defy ‘foreign influence’ law

The NGOs say they’re ready to pay penalties under ‘the Russian law … which nobody will obey’.

Al Jazeera · May 29, 2024

‘I no longer have a country’: Antiwar Russians who fled unlikely to return

Huge waves of Russians left after the Ukraine war began. Many still feel a sense of guilt over the conflict.

Al Jazeera · Jan 22, 2024

Kosovo accuses Serbia of being behind ‘terrorist attack’ against it and calls for ‘clear action’ from EU and west – Europe as it happened

Kosovo deputy prime minister says incident on 24 September was ‘open act of aggression’ and says it represents risk to entire region

The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2023

Aid enters Nagorno-Karabakh as Armenia separatists lay down weapons

Azerbaijan claims ‘demilitarisation’ of separatists is ongoing in close cooperation with Russian peacekeepers.

Al Jazeera · Sep 23, 2023

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Health fears for jailed, emaciated ex-Georgia leader Saakashvili

Supporters fear that former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili has been poisoned after losing about 60kgs in weight.

Al Jazeera · Jul 4, 2023

‘Another provocation!’: Georgia balks as Russia ends visa regime

President Salome Zourabichvili says lifting a ban and resuming flights is meaningless as long as Russia occupies lands.

Al Jazeera · May 10, 2023

Protesters clash with police over Georgia foreign agent bill

Thousands of protesters waving EU flags and chanting anti-Russian slogans are hosed down with water cannons in the Georgian capital as clashes over a controversial law turn violent.

ABC News · Mar 8, 2023

Georgian parliament descends into punch-up over 'Russian-inspired' foreign agent law

Georgian parliament descends into a brawl over a proposed law that critics say resembles the start of Russia's crackdown on civil disobedience.

ABC News · Mar 6, 2023

A year into the war, Russians in Georgia are viewed with suspicion

On the first day of Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Nikolai Kireev sat with his three-year-old son and cried as he read the news.

Reuters · Feb 16, 2023

Jailed ex-Georgian leader appears in court by video link, seeking urgent medical treatment

Mikheil Saakashvili, the jailed former president of Georgia, appeared in court via video link on Wednesday to show how much weight he had lost while incarcerated, as associates renewed calls for him to be freed for urgent medical treatment.

Reuters · Feb 1, 2023

Russians who fled draft in no hurry to return from Georgia

A month after Russia said it had ended a recruitment drive for its war in Ukraine, men who fled to neighbouring Georgia to avoid the draft say they are in no rush to return home.

Reuters · Nov 28, 2022

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Reuters · Nov 5, 2022

From Russia with cash: Georgia booms as Russians flee Putin's war

As war chokes Europe, a small nation wedged beneath Russia is enjoying an unexpected economic boom.

Reuters · Oct 6, 2022

Where have Russians been fleeing to since mobilisation began?

Russians have piled across the border to neighbouring states since President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilisation on Sept. 21 for the war in Ukraine.

Reuters · Sep 27, 2022

Desperation on Russia's borders as draft-eligible men flee

On Monday evening, Nikita, a 24-year-old from the Russian city of Voronezh, drove up to a border crossing on the arid steppeland along Russia’s remote border with Kazakhstan. Around 500 cars were already in line at the isolated checkpoint.

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