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Georgia urges international community to react to vulgar tirade against Putin on Rustavi 2
Georgia

Georgia urges international community to react to vulgar tirade against Putin on Rustavi 2

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Georgia’s Foreign Ministry has called on the international community to ‘assess’ a vulgar rant against Russian President Vladimir Putin aired on opposition-leaning TV station Rustavi 2. On 7 July, Rustavi 2 anchor Giorgi Gabunia opened his weekly Postscriptum politics show with a minute-long profanity-laden tirade against the Russian president. ‘You’re a stinky occupier […] Go fuck yourself together with your slaves. Fuck your mummy. Oh, your mum is dead? Oh, it’s so sad; no way. Let her

Georgian Church demands protection from journalists and condom company
Georgia

Georgian Church demands protection from journalists and condom company

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The Georgian Orthodox Church has called on the government to ‘protect the religious feelings of believers’ after an on-air joke by Rustavi 2 anchor Giorgi Gabunia about Jesus Christ. Despite being reprimanded by the head of the channel, Gabunia has refused to apologise. On 20 March the Patriarchate of Georgia issued a statement claiming that ‘insulting religious feelings and profanity has intensified lately’. ‘We demand the government respond swiftly in order to relieve believers, whet

Rustavi 2 journalists attacked by far-right group for joke about Jesus and Ivanishvili
Bidzina Ivanishvili

Rustavi 2 journalists attacked by far-right group for joke about Jesus and Ivanishvili

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Far-right group the March of Georgians attacked three journalists from Rustavi 2 on Monday afternoon in Tbilisi. The attack was in response to an on-air joke by anchor Giorgi Gabunia about former Georgian Prime Minister, billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, his tree-collecting hobby, and Jesus Christ. The Interior Ministry said they had arrested six people for hooliganism after the incident, and have launched an investigation into the attack. At around 16:30 Monday afternoon, dozens of member

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