Guga Chomakhidze

@gugachomakhidze.bsky.social

Researcher | Europe, Eurasia & Caucasus | Seen in @ForeignPolicy.com, @France24.com, @cepa.org and @bylinetimes.bsky.social

It’s been hard 24h for Georgians. Grave mistakes were made. Yesterday, Georgia lost a battle against Russian takeover - but the fight for freedom &democracy continues. If there’s one thing yst proved, it’s that resistance hasnt disappeared. They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seeds. 1/12

Former NATO Chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen: "The most efficient and least expensive way to guarantee the security of #Ukraine would be to grant Ukraine membership in NATO.We should never,ever discuss NATO membership with Putin.It's not his business. It’s a decision to be taken between Ukraine&NATO

🇺🇸🇬🇪 Oklahomans! In 2020, Sen Mullin warned that Georgia’s ruling party was tied to Russia, Iran, and hostile actors. Today, as a US Senator, he is blocking the bipartisan #MEGOBARIAct- thus protecting the very regime he once called a threat. What happened? 1/7

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Few callings demand as much courage, resilience and patriotism as journalism in 🇬🇪 Facing relentless political and financial pressure, they continue to confront tyranny and corruption I invite you to stand with them and support their fundraiser “Every voice counts. And every silence too.” — Sartre

Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social · 12mo ago

22 Georgian online media outlets have united in this fight, and you can all support them: From Abroad: www.gofundme.com/f/help-media... Campaign: sinatle.media Donation from Georgia: TBC Bank: #GE76TB7548536080100013 Bank of Georgia: #GE06BG0000000609779465 Recipient: “ხალხის წყარო”

🇬🇪Georgia is undergoing a political transformation - but not towards the future we all want. The extremist ruling party, Georgian Dream, has evolved into a demagogic, anti-Western machine, deploying propaganda and laws that echo the darkest chapters of the 20th century. 1/17

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A gripping exposé by @willneal.bsky.social unravels the billion-dollar legal intrigue linking oligarchs, offshore financiers, and sanctioned assets — all playing out in UK courts. A must-read for anyone curious about lawfare, kleptocracy, and shadow geopolitics

will neal@willneal.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨NEW: Latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social with Josimar's Paul Brown, on how an Israeli tycoon, a shady Miami investment group, and a UK firm controlled by enablers of the Georgian regime became embroiled in a £1bn legal spat between powerful Russian business interests. 1/13 👉 shorturl.at/8hHYG

“You are being influenced beyond the level of choice and reason.” — Aldous Huxley, The Mike Wallace Interview (1958) Honored to speak at the Black Sea Regional Disinformation Conference in Bucharest, Romania, where we discussed Russian disinformation in Georgia.

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🇬🇪Munich ’25 was a wake-up call. The US is no longer a reliable partner for Europe. Hegseth betrayed Ukraine🇺🇦, suggesting it should cede land and drop NATO VP Vance declared that Russia isn’t Europe’s main threat. 🧵Europe must act. And Georgia is the battlefield where we start

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#Tbilisi: On the 80th day of nonstop, nationwide protests, a sea of people has filled Tbilisi’s streets demanding change, justice, new elections, and the release of all regime prisoners. Despite the regime’s aggressive attempts to intimidate and repress protesters—

Without exaggeration, the outcome of the ongoing political struggle will indeed shape the country’s trajectory for years. The two opposing sides (🇷🇺 government-aligned autocrats vs. 🇪🇺 pro-democracy forces) can only persist at the expense of the other. Well put by Mariam

⚫️🐦‍⬛ 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺@theskyisnotblue.bsky.social · last yr.

The words of @marikamikiashvili.bsky.social in this @channel4news.bsky.social video,May 2024 amidst protests, ring truer now than ever “…it’s a fight for democracy, for freedom, for European identity,and against russia. It’s an existential fight, and we cannot afford to lose it” 🇬🇪🇪🇺 #GeorgiaProtests

104 years ago, Soviet 🇷🇺 invaded Georgia, igniting one of the bloodiest chapters of 20th c. 🇬🇪 history. After staging a “people’s uprising” from Armenia, they launched a four-front assault to “support the workers’ struggle.” Stalin vowed to “crush the hydra of nationalism,” killing tens of thousands

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🇬🇪 police units swarmed peaceful protesters, launching an unprovoked crackdown. Officers isolated demonstrators, brutally dragging them away in waves—beating them before shoving them in vans. Among those arrested are opposition leaders Nika Melia, Gigi Ugulava and over a dozen more.