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Georgia Protesters Clash with Police for Fourth Consecutive Night Amid Suspension of EU Talks

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The demonstrations, which began on the evening of Thursday, have been fueled by the government's decision to freeze EU membership talks for four years. Opponents of the ruling Georgian Dream party, which has been accused of pursuing increasingly authoritarian and anti-western policies, have taken to the streets to express their discontent. The situation has resulted in the hospitalization of 44 people, and an effigy of the party's founder was burned in front of the legislature. The Prime Minister, Irakli Kobakhidze, has warned that any further law-breaking will be met with "full rigor."

  1. GE
    Coalition for Change
    1. Japaridze was fleeing together with other protesters as he was grabbed, indicating this was a conscious, targeted move by the regime.
  2. GE
    Irakli Kobakhidze
    Georgian Dream
    1. Despite the heaviest systematic violence applied yesterday by the violent groups and their foreign instructors, the police acted at a higher standard than the American and European ones and successfully protected the state from another attempt to violate the constitutional order.
    2. You can see that the outgoing (U.S.) administration is trying to leave the new administration with as difficult a legacy as possible. They are doing this regarding Ukraine, and now also concerning Georgia.
    3. The only thing we have rejected is the shameful and offensive blackmail, which was, in fact, a significant obstacle to our country's European integration.
  3. GE
    Salome Zourabichvili
    Independent
    1. This is the revolt of an entire country.
    2. The resistance movement has begun... I stand in solidarity with it.
    3. We only have one demand, which is based on the constitution after the elections were rigged.
    4. The only way to achieve stability is through new elections, there is no other way.
    5. They [protesters] saw this election stolen from them and since then, there is no recognition of the legitimacy of the parliament, where no opposition party has entered. It's a one rule parliament, not legitimate, not recognised by our democracy partners.
  4. RU
    Dmitry Peskov
    Krem­lin
    1. All the signs are of an attempt to carry out an Orange Revolution.

Russia-Georgia Ties

  1. Mikheil Kavelashvili sworn in as Georgia's president
  2. Georgia elects Mikheil Kavelashvili as president, raising concerns over country's alignment with European Union
  3. Georgia Protests Continue Amid Government Decision to Delay EU Membership Bid

sources

  1. 1.DW News
  2. 2.BBC
  3. 3.CGTN
  4. 4.The Times of India
  5. 5.CNA News
  6. 6.The Guardian
  7. 7.Le Monde
  8. 8.Al Jazeera
  9. 9.The Washington Post
  10. 10.CTV News
  11. 11.France 24
  12. 12.South China Morning Post

perspectives

  1. 1.Russian Foreign Policy
  2. 2.Protests
  3. 3.Authoritarianism
  4. 4.Espionage
  5. 5.European Commission under Ursula von der Leyen
  6. 6.Electoral Fraud
  7. 7.Freedom of the press
  8. 8.Hungary under Viktor Orbán
  9. 9.Enlargement of the European Union

countries

  1. 1.FranceFR
  2. 2.United KingdomGB
  3. 3.LithuaniaLT
  4. 4.PolandPL
  5. 5.Russian FederationRU
  6. 6.SwedenSE
  7. 7.UkraineUA
  8. 8.United StatesUS

organizations

  1. 1.Georgian DreamGE
  2. 2.European Union
  3. 3.North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
  4. 4.EU Parliament
  5. 5.Krem­linRU
  6. 6.TelegramAE
  7. 7.Coalition for ChangeGE
  8. 8.US State DepartmentUS
  9. 9.D:Ream
  10. 10.EU Council
  11. 11.Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
  12. 12.State Protection Department

persons

  1. 1.Salome ZourabichviliGE
  2. 2.Irakli KobakhidzeGE
  3. 3.Kaja KallasEE
  4. 4.Dmitry MedvedevRU
  5. 5.Bidzina IvanishviliGE
  6. 6.Zurab Tsertsvadze
  7. 7.Marta KosSI
  8. 8.David Zalkaliani
  9. 9.Dmitry PeskovRU
  10. 10.Donald TrumpUS
  11. 11.António CostaPT
  12. 12.Levan Ioseliani

technicals

  1. 1.Black Sea
  2. 2.Soviet Union
  3. 3.Orange Revolution