National Guard units in other post-Soviet states, like Russia, have been used to squelch protests. And critics see it as a means for the government to protect its power.
Land ownership is a sensitive issue in Abkhazia. The deal also sparked controversy in Georgia proper, where critics accused the government of closing its eyes to Russian expansion.
The statue would be the tallest to the savior in the world, but the proposed site is archaeologically significant and a government ministry has ordered the project halted pending review.
Because official statistics are nonsense, we look to personnel reshuffles to understand where the government recognizes it is underperforming. Our weekly briefing.
Last year, dozens of senior officers tried to remove Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Now the government is trying to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
While the country’s public defender says the group’s activities violate the constitution, others argue that banning it could set a dangerous precedent.
Georgians and Russians have not had such close contact, and on such a scale, since the breakup of Soviet Union. Now they are figuring each other out again.
