The international response to the clashes – the worst since 2016 – has tended to treat both sides equally, while each side insists that the other is to blame.
New gender quotas will break up the gentlemen’s club that is the Georgian parliament, but some doubt that the measure will do much to empower women more broadly.
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.
Georgia was one of a select few countries to be approved for travel to the EU in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. But the Georgian authorities are taking a pass.
While the country’s volatile politics went to the back burner during the coronavirus pandemic, the opposition is getting into action again with a new unity slate and a planned weekend protest.
The two presidents spoke following the violent breakup of a protest by Azerbaijani labor migrants in Dagestan. Details of a possible diplomatic resolution of the situation have been scant, however.
Last year, the TV host insulted Vladimir Putin in an obscene rant. Now, he says, Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov is trying to kill him, and Georgian authorities seem to agree.
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.