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A Georgian Dream election banner on Rustaveli Avenue showing a destroyed bridge over the River Irpin in Ukraine and a highway in Georgia. Photo: Robin Fabbro/OC Media

2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Georgian Dream’s Kaladze says EU Ambassador would be ‘kicked out’ of ‘developed country’

by OC Media

•2 min read

The ruling Georgian Dream party has accused EU Ambassador Paweł Herczyński of ‘interfering’ in Georgia’s internal affairs by criticising its use of images of war-torn Ukraine in its campaign ads. On Sunday, Tbilisi Mayor and Secretary general of the ruling party, Kakha Kaladze told journalists that in a ‘developed country’, the ambassador would be ‘immediately kicked in the ass out of the country’ for his criticism of the banners. On Friday, Herczyński criticised Georgian Dream’s use of i

A Georgian Dream election banner showing the ruins of Maripol and the Black Sea coastal city of Batumi.

2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Georgian Dream launches campaign ads using images of war-torn Ukraine

by Shota Kincha

•3 min read

Georgian Dream have begun a campaign of electoral ads using images of buildings destroyed by Russia in Ukraine under the caption ‘choose peace’, including the aftermath of the deadly Mariupol Drama Theatre bombing. Banners were first spotted in Tbilisi on Thursday with images of destroyed buildings and infrastructure in Ukraine alongside the electoral numbers of opposition groups and the caption ‘no to war’, next to pictures of intact Georgian buildings marked with the ruling party’s own elect

The Sheikh Mansur Reserve during rifle training. Image via Grozny-inform.

Azerbaijan

Chechen authorities threaten to send Azerbaijani citizens to fight in Ukraine

by Luiza Mchedlishvili

•2 min read

Five Azerbaijani citizens have been detained in Chechnya under threat of being sent to fight in Ukraine. In response, Azerbaijan has sent a note of protest to the Russian Foreign Ministry. Chechen authorities recently detained five Azerbaijani men, two of whom — Vugar Maharramov and Elkhan Shirinov — have since been forced to sign military contracts. Shirinov and Maharramov were detained with their brother-in-law, Nihad Rzayev. They originally travelled to Chechnya in May in order to mak

Screengrab from video: AptiAlaudinovAKHMAT/Telegram.

Chechnya

Chechen commander orders captured Chechens in Ukraine to ‘kill themselves’

by Luiza Mchedlishvili

•3 min read

A Chechen special forces commander has dismissed calls for a prisoner swap with Ukraine, and ordered captured Chechen soldiers to kill themselves so that they could end their ‘journey as men’. On 15 September, the commander of the Chechen Akhmat special forces unit and a Russian Major General, Apti Alaudinov, posted a video on his Telegram channel stating that Ukraine could ‘keep’ Chechen soldiers it had captured. In the video, Alaudinov discussed how he had recently received several vide

Bidzina Ivanishvili at the opening ceremony of a new Georgian Dream office and launch of their pre-election campaign. Photo: Georgian Dream.

2008 August War

Anger in Georgia after Ivanishvili vows to apologise to South Ossetians for 2008 War

by OC Media

•5 min read

Georgian Dream founder Bidzina Ivanishvili has promised to ‘apologise’ to South Ossetians for the actions of the previous government during the 2008 August War, prompting anger and condemnation from relatives of soldiers killed during the war. Ivanishvili made his campaign promise during a meeting on Saturday with residents of Gori, a city located around 10 kilometres from South Ossetia. During the 2008 August War, Gori was repeatedly bombed by Russia, in addition to being occupied by Russi

South Ossetia’s Committee on Youth Policy and Sports deputy chair Andrei Ottaev and Russian-occupied Donetsk’s Donetsk’s Youth Policy Minister Kiril Makarov. Screengrab via Telegram.

Georgia

South Ossetia signs ‘youth cooperation agreement’ with occupied Donetsk

by OC Media

•1 min read

South Ossetia has signed a ‘youth policy cooperation agreement’ with the Russian occupation authorities in Donetsk, pledging to hold joint events and to develop youth relations. On Monday, South Ossetia’s Committee on Youth Policy and Sports reported that they intended to hold joint events and establish and develop ties between them and the Russian-occupied Donetsk People’s Republic in Ukraine. The Committee stated that deputy chair Andrei Ottaev had met with Donetsk’s Youth Policy Minister

Chechen soldiers being sent to Ukraine. Screengrab from video. Source: Ramzan Kadyrov/Telegram

Chechnya

Queer men in Chechnya ‘forced to fight in Ukraine’

by Luiza Mchedlishvili

•1 min read

A group providing assistance to queer people in the North Caucasus has alleged that queer men are being detained by Chechen security forces and forced to fight on the frontlines in Ukraine. In a statement on Wednesday, North Caucasus SOS Crisis Group said men suspected of being queer were being detained and threatened with being outed if they did not ‘volunteer’ to be sent to Ukraine or pay a substantial sum of money. The group said the men were threatened that a criminal case would be f