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The devastating landslide in Shovi in August 2023. Photo: Netgazeti

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Datablog | Georgians are feeling the effects of climate change

by Dustin Gilbreath

•3 min read

The effects of climate change are increasingly being felt acutely in Georgia. A CRRC poll investigated Georgian people’s perception of climate change, and found that 90% of respondents considered it to be an important issue, and 75% had experienced changes in local weather patterns. Climate change is increasingly having catastrophic impacts around the world, from an increase in insect-borne infectious disease to a rise in deadly heatwaves, flooding, and storms. These impacts are also being

Anti-Russian graffiti in Tbilisi. Photo: OC Media

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Datablog | Georgians are split on economic relations with Russia

by Zachary Fabos

•3 min read

Despite significant negative public sentiment towards Russia’s relations to Georgia, a 2023 CRRC survey found that there were mixed opinions on Georgia’s economic ties to Russia. In CRRC Georgia’s 2021 Caucasus Barometer Survey, 66% of Georgians surveyed identified Russia as the country’s main enemy. However, NDI and CRRC Georgia’s October 2023 survey data found that those surveyed had a variety of opinions on Georgia’s economic relations with Russia. Georgian support for deepening economi

A phone at a protest by journalists near Georgia's parliament in July 2021. Photo: Mariam Nikuradze/OC Media

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Datablog | Young, in the city, and online: most Georgians use more than one social media platform

by Zachary Fabos

•2 min read

A CRRC Georgia survey found most Georgian respondents use more than one social media platform, with younger people and people living in cities using a greater variety of platforms. According to Georgia’s National Statistics Office, 96% of Georgia’s internet users use social media. While social media’s popularity in Georgia is clear, which platforms are most used and who uses the most platforms? According to the 2021 Caucasus Barometer survey, 68% of Georgians use the internet daily. The mo

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Datablog | Does Georgia’s public want gender-balanced politics?

by Elene Ergeshidze

•3 min read

CRRC Georgia surveyed the Georgian public on attitudes towards gender equality in politics and obstacles faced by women in politics in Georgia. Gender equality in politics is an important issue globally, and Georgian policy on the issue has been developing in recent years. Georgia introduced mandatory gender quotas for proportional party lists in 2020, extending this provision until 2032. The legislation stipulates that at least one out of four candidates submitted to the Central Election Com

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Datablog | Trust and political independence in Georgia’s interior ministry

by Tinatin Bandzeladze

•3 min read

A CRRC survey found that trust in Georgia’s Interior Ministry and the police is closely tied to perception of the ministry’s political independence, or lack thereof. In summer 2022, CRRC Georgia and the Social Justice Center partnered on a nationwide public opinion survey on state and personal security. It found that while the Interior Ministry was one of the most trusted institutions in the country, many respondents were concerned that the ministry lacks transparency and political impartiali

Tbilisi City Court on 4 April 2022. Photo: Mariam Nikuradze/OC Media

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Datablog | Obstacles to accessing Georgia’s courts

by Salome Dolidze

•3 min read

A CRRC Georgia survey investigated who considers and who pursues litigation in Georgia, and the obstacles people face in doing so. Georgia’s court system faces significant issues, with reports suggesting that long delays, access to the legal system, and overloaded caseloads are among the barriers that prevent citizens from using the courts. A 2021 Social Justice Center report noted that geography, the physical accessibility of buildings, a lack of legal awareness and empowerment, and other

Georgian Dream leaders at an exit poll celebration in 2021. Photo: Mariam Nikuradze/OC Media

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Datablog | Can political parties in Georgia survive abandonment by their leaders?

by Givi Silagadze

•4 min read

A year before Georgia’s general elections, a CRRC survey found that less than half of surveyed Georgian partisans would remain loyal to their favoured party if its leader were to establish a new party, with supporters of the ruling party more likely to stick with their party than supporters of the opposition. In recent years, political experts and analysts have argued that parties in Georgia function more on the basis of their political leaders’ popularity, rather than as genuine political or