A proposal from Washington to condition some aid on Georgia’s making more progress on democracy, corruption and protecting foreign investors has become a political football in Tbilisi.
The labor migrants are trying to return home after losing their jobs in the coronavirus pandemic. Tensions are rising, and a protest on the border has been violently broken up by Russian police.
Today celebrated for blending classical music with Turkish folk tunes, Anjelika Akbar’s education was strictly Soviet, intolerant to non-classical styles.