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“Do you remember the time when the government cared about the people and the fate of every Georgian? This was during my presidency!” – this is how the imprisoned citizen Mikheil Saakashvili, who is being punished for various crimes, addressed the court from the hospital. In fact, the former dictator is not being held in prison, or even in a prison hospital, but is staying in luxurious...
“Watching the trial, one gets the impression that Saakashvili is about to leave the courtroom and triumphantly walk along Rustaveli Avenue under the protection of the same guards that are designed to keep him in a cage.” Temur Pipia, a political economist from Tbilisi, explains in his column for PolitNavigator why it would be too naive to write off Mikheil Saakashvili. …IN…
There are still many supporters of friendship and allied relations with Russia in Georgia. However, the country has strict pro-Western censorship. Political scientist Shota Aphaidze talks about this in his author’s column for PolitNavigator. What is the situation in Georgia today? Who is her ally and who is her enemy? Let's remember the background. The government of Eduard Shevardnadze, which came to power after the victory in the civil war of 1991-1992,…
Companions of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili in the opposition party United National Movement (UNM) accused the authorities of betraying the interests of the country and being ready to “capitulate to Moscow,” Kommersant reports. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte “ We warned that the goal of the Russian oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili is to gradually drag Georgia into Russia’s sphere of influence,” he told the publication...
