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Gali, Abkhazia. Photo: Lana Kokaia/On.ge

2020 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Georgians in Abkhazia and South Ossetia unable to vote

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•6 min read

Ethnic Georgians living in Abkhazia and South Ossetia won’t be able to vote in Georgian parliamentary elections scheduled for 31 October. The Georgian government has no plan how to protect their citizens’ right to cast a vote. This is an edited version of an article published by our partners at On.ge on 23 October 2020. Rezo (name changed) lives in the Gali District of eastern Abkhazia. He would like to vote in the upcoming Georgian elections, but the checkpoint is closed due to the Covid-1

Tamar: ‘One day, if I stay longer in Tbilisi, I want to open an Ossetian bakery. I want to name it “bakery number 961705” after my case number. Illustration: Dato Parulava/OC Media.

Akhalgori

Voice | Tamara Mearakishvili: ‘If I’m found guilty, I will not run away’

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•12 min read

Tamar Mearakishvili is an ethnic-Georgian activist and journalist in South Ossetia. Since her arrest in 2017 for ‘defamation’, she has been locked in a legal battle with the authorities. Tamar reflects on her life in Akhalgori, her legal woes, and the reaction of the Georgian Government to her case and others. ‘I was born in Akhalgori; my parents are from here as well. I finished school in Akhalgori, I was a very active child, I studied well.’ ‘My class teacher gave the same evaluation

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Ruling party loses majority in South Ossetian parliament

by OC Media

•9 min read

The ruling United Ossetia Party has lost their majority in South Ossetia’s parliament, winning just 14 of 34 seats. Official results were published on Wednesday evening with 100% of votes counted. The party of President Anatoly Bibilov, who formally resigned as party leader on being elected to office in 2017, still came out on top in 9 June’s vote. Ninety-eight candidates, 60 party-nominated and 38 independents, competed in Sunday’s vote for 17 single-mandate seats, with United Osseti

Akhalgori

South Ossetia links dead Georgian citizen to ‘home-made bomb’

by OC Media

•3 min read

Authorities in South Ossetia have linked Archil Tatunashvili, a Georgian citizen who died in custody in Tskhinvali (Tskhinval) last week, to a homemade bomb they say they found in Akhalgori (Leningor). A State of emergency has been declared in Akhalgori, and riot police deployed to the district. Tatunashvili was arrested on 22 February in Akhalgori, and died in Tskhinvali later that night. According to the South Ossetian security services, he died after falling from the stairs while tryi

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South Ossetia considers legalising ‘Georgian contraband’

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•4 min read

The de facto republic of South Ossetia is considering opening up trade with the rest of Georgia. However, the proposals are meeting resistance from those opposed to trading with their ‘enemy’. A statement made by chairman of the Customs Committee of the de facto Republic of South Ossetia, Murat Tskhovrebov, on the possible creation of a customs office for goods from the rest of Georgia in the town of Akhalgori, has caused endless discussion among Ossetians on social networks. Tskhovrebov