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OSW Commentary | | Marek Matusiak

Georgia - between a dream and reality

… elections in 2013), the political situation in Georgia has stabilised: key posts in the country are now … in the hands of democratically elected members of the Georgian Dream coalition. Despite its mosaic-like structure and internaltensions, Georgian Dream remains strong and enjoys high levels of …
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki

Georgia a strong political crisis over legislative changes

… as ‘foreign agents’. A joint statement by the ruling Georgian Dream party and the People’s Power movement … been strongly criticised as undemocratic by both the Georgian opposition and officials from the EU and the … People’s Power, who are former members of the ruling Georgian Dream party. They were presumably supposed to …
Analyses | | Marek Matusiak

A new force in Georgia politics

… On 7 October, the Georgian billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili (the richest man in Georgia, with a fortune estimated at US$5.5 billion) … In 2004, after the ‘Rose Revolution’, he received a Georgian passport and returned to Georgia, where – …
Analyses | | Krzysztof Strachota

Pre-election tensions in Georgia

… On 18 September the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs revealed cases of … scheduled for 1 October. The unsettling situation in Georgian prisons has for years been the subject of … Department). After the scandal was made public, the Georgian government announced a thorough reform of the …
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki

Georgia threat of destabilisation after local elections

… the second round of local elections was held in Georgia. The candidates of the ruling Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia (GD) party won the mayoral elections in 19 of …
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki

Salome Zurabishvili Georgias new president

… The second round of presidential elections in Georgia on 28 November was won by Salome Zurabishvili, … independent candidate but was supported by the ruling Georgian Dream party. According to unofficial results … first round). Zurabishvili is the fifth president of Georgia (her predecessors were Zviad Gamsakhurdia, …
Analyses | | Maciej Falkowski

Georgia political crisis and Russian threats

… former president Mikheil Saakashvili, criticised the Georgian Dream government for failing to take decisive … including a veiled criticism of the informal leader of Georgian Dream, the former prime minister Bidzina … to resign from the government) may adversely affect Georgia’s pro-Western foreign policy. The deepening …
Analyses | | Krzysztof Strachota

The opposition has won the elections in Georgia

… 1 October saw parliamentary elections in Georgia, which were unexpectedly won by the opposition Georgian Dream (GD) coalition, centred around Bidzina … off smoothly. And so despite widespread fears, both Georgia and the ruling elite centred around President …
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki

Georgia opposition politicians pardoned ahead of the election

… On 15 May, the president of Georgia, Salome Zourabichvili, pardoned two opposition … and is currently one of the leaders of European Georgia, a party that was formed after the split within … Saakashvili’s United National Movement. In February, Georgia’s Supreme Court sentenced him to three years and …
Analyses |

Georgia is tightening its relations with Iran

… Iran’s foreign minister Manushehr Mottaki visited Georgia,. The most important result of the visit was the … relations with Iran, which hitherto had not been one of Georgia’s principal trade partners (US$41m in the first … Tbilisi of its efforts to diversify its foreign policy. Georgian-Iranian relations have been frozen since …