While the event was only a press briefing, organizers still celebrated it as a “step forward” even as they enumerated the many recent hate crimes the community has suffered.
Georgian cinema has been enjoying a renaissance, becoming a darling of the international independent film world. But it’s also running into political problems at home.
The president has reaffirmed the special place that the Russian language has in Azerbaijan even as a backlash against Russian culture has swept the rest of the world.