Irakli Kobakhidze

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Irakli Kobakhidze presenting Georgian Dream’s election programme. Photo: Georgian Dream/Facebook.

2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Georgian Dream promises ‘pragmatic policy’ with Russia in election programme

by OC Media

•3 min read

Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has presented Georgian Dream’s election programme, vowing to adopt a ‘pragmatic policy’ towards Russia and to create 200,000 jobs and increase average salaries by 2028. Kobakhidze presented his party’s four-year plan on Monday evening, less than three weeks ahead of 26 October’s parliamentary elections. In an hour-long speech, he said the programme included ‘about 20% of the activities that will be implemented in the next four years’ and ‘due to the lack o

US President Joe Biden and Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze. Illustration by OC Media.

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Biden snubs Georgian PM Kobakhidze by revoking UN reception invite

by OC Media

•2 min read

The White House has disinvited Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and Georgia’s delegation from a reception for world leaders on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. On Wednesday, the US Embassy in Georgia told local media that Kobakhidze’s invitation to the reception was revoked due to his government’s anti-democratic actions, misinformation, and negative rhetoric about the US and the West. Voice of America reported the snub on Tuesday, citing anonymous sources including a se

US Ambassador Robin Dunnigan and Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze. Official image.

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Kobakhidze says Washington was ‘influenced’ to sanction Georgian nationals

by OC Media

•3 min read

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has said that he believed US President Joe Biden’s administration was ‘influenced’ by ‘certain forces’ to impose sanctions on Georgian nationals, suggesting that American institutions needed ‘de-oligharchisation’. In a press briefing on Tuesday, Kobakhidze said that the decision to impose financial sanctions on four Georgian nationals, in addition to travel restrictions on over 60 others, was ‘frivolous and very sad’. He further suggested that the

Irakli Kobakhidze at the second round of Georgia's municipal election on 30 October 2021. Photo: Mariam Nikuradze/OC Media.

2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Georgian Prime Minister warns that opposition might be ‘at risk of attack’ by themselves

by OC Media

•3 min read

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has claimed that leaders of the ‘radical opposition’ might be ‘at risk’ of attacks orchestrated by ‘the Collective National Movement’ in a bid to discredit the ruling Georgian Dream party. In a press briefing on Wednesday, Kobakhidze stated that the ‘collective National Movement’ were planning on staging attacks on leaders of the ‘radical opposition’ to discredit the government and October’s parliamentary elections. Georgian Dream refers to most pro-

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Georgian PM booed addressing football team homecoming

by OC Media

•3 min read

Crowds gathered to meet Georgia’s national football team upon their return from Germany booed Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze twice as he stepped on stage to address them. The government organised a welcome ceremony for the national football team after they returned from the UEFA Euro 2024 championship in Germany on Tuesday. Despite being knocked out after losing 4–1 to Spain, the Georgian team received a hero’s welcome upon their return, winning plaudits for qualifying for the tournament a

State Security Service head Grigol Liluashvili. Image via State Security Service.

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Georgian security chief says there is ‘insufficient evidence’ of plot on PM’s life

by OC Media

•2 min read

The head of Georgia’s State Security Service (SSG) has said there is insufficient evidence to launch an investigation into the Prime Minister’s claim that he was threatened by an EU Commissioner. Irakli Kobakhidze accused an unidentified EU Commissioner of threatening his life over the foreign agent law in late May. He said the unnamed EU official had threatened that he would share the fate of Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico, who had just survived an assassination attempt, while sugges

Irakli Kobakhidze speaking at CPAC. Screengrab from Center for Fundamental Rights / Youtube.

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Georgian PM rails against ‘liberal’ West at far-right Budapest conference

by Shota Kincha

•3 min read

Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has praised Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and claimed that Western-influenced liberals seek to undermine Georgian national identity in a keynote speech at an ultra-conservative conference in Budapest. On 25 April, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze was among the international speakers at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Hungary. The Conservative Political Action Conference is an American conservative organisatio