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Rosselkhoznadzor to Inspect Georgian Laboratories
Rosselkhoznadzor is coming to town. Just weeks after Moscow imposed an embargo on several Georgian wine and mineral water producers—and pro-Kremlin Georgian politicians ...
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Ochamchire: A Grain Route and Moscow’s Military Interests
Russia is seeking new routes to export grain via the Black Sea. One option under consideration is the port of Ochamchire in Abkhazia. ...
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Unprecedented Case in Georgia: Teenagers Accused of Plotting School Attack
An unprecedented case for Georgia: the Tbilisi City Court has remanded two 15-year-old teenagers in pre-trial detention. They are accused of plotting armed ...
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A “Little Diamond” of the Grand Ballet: The Story of Éthéry Pagava
The year is 1966. A renowned French ballerina arrives in Tbilisi: she dances in *Giselle* and *Don Quixote* alongside the legendary Vakhtang Chabukiani ...
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The Mystery of the Green Lake Disappearance: American Faked His Death and Fled to Georgia
He staged a tragedy and fled to Georgia to build a new life with an online love interest. The story of an American ...
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Puppy Rescue Operation in Georgia
A cramped, filthy pen, pervasive dampness, and hundreds of terrified, emaciated puppies huddled together. Late last week, a short video clip from the ...
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The Gurian Republic: How Georgian Peasants Defied the Russian Empire
1905. While the Russian Empire is coming apart at the seams amid revolutionary storms, something utterly unthinkable unfolds in a small corner of ...
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Judge Resigns Ahead of Case on Banning the Opposition
Two developments from the Constitutional Court that perfectly explain one another: on October 13, the court accepted a case seeking to ban opposition ...
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Scandal Surrounding the National Bank of Georgia: Crypto Business, Connections, and Potential Conflict of Interest
Imagine building a successful business from scratch, pouring years of labor into it, only for a National Bank official to turn up demanding ...
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An Embargo for “Russophobia”: The Kremlin Pressures Georgian Business Once Again
It has never happened before, and here we are again. Georgian wine, beer, and mineral water have once more been deemed “substandard” by ...
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Boycott Instead of a Match: Georgian Women’s Football Revolts Against the System
Recently, women’s football in Georgia was thrown into turmoil: players are demonstratively disrupting matches, unfurling protest banners directly on the pitch, and boycotting ...
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Plague in Siberia: What Is Known About the Outbreak and the Risks for Georgia
A 28-year-old laboratory technician dies inside a restricted research institute, dozens of people are placed under strict hospital quarantine, and the United States ...


