Sandro Bregadze

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Georgian March leader Sandro Bregadze. Photo: Luka Pertaia/OC Media.

2020 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Georgian March to run in October parliamentary elections

by OC Media

•3 min read

Ultraconservative group Georgian March plans to register as a political party and compete in October’s parliamentary elections, the group’s leader, Sandro Bregadze, has confirmed to OC Media. The story was first reported on Tuesday by Georgian news site Prime Time. Bregadze declined to comment on who he expected to join the party or whether they intended to ally with conservative opposition group the Alliance of Patriots, conservative campaigner Levan Vasadze, or others. ‘We are an indepe

And Then We Danced

Homophobic protesters attack filmgoers at Georgian film premiere

by OC Media

•5 min read

Homophobic protesters threw firecrackers at police and filmgoers and several times attempted to storm the cinema at the Georgian premiere of Swedish-Georgian co-production And Then We Danced. The film, which centres around a romance between two male traditional Georgian dancers, opened in six Georgian cinemas on Friday evening. It had its world premiere in May at the Cannes film festival. The largest protest took place outside Tbilisi’s Amirani Cinema, where hundreds confronted riot polic