Rusudan Shelia

Georgian Reporter In Washington DC; Covering Georgia/South Caucasus; Proud mother; Eternal optimist; Views are mine

[U.S. Helsinki Commission @HelsinkiComm]

Russia has never really been interested in peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Instead, as Ambassador Michael Carpenter explains here, it is interested in perpetuating conflict to advance its military, political, and economic interests in the region. (1/2)

[Peter Fischer @Diplo_Peter]

Georgian Propaganda & Disinformation Machine is running hot again, inventing all kinds of falsehoods around my recent interview and asking "trick questions". View here if you want to know exactly what I said, by which I stand.
It's not so hard to stick to the facts.

[Joe Wilson @RepJoeWilson]

The anti-American Georgian Dream regime is facilitating Iranian and CCP malfeasance while it wrongfully locks up its own people. Grateful that President Trump is demanding behavioral change from this rogue state!

[Rusudan Shelia @RusaSh]

TV Imedi has long surpassed even the standards of propaganda. It is a subdivision of the Georgian Dream party that psychologically terrorizes society.

Today, the Georgian Dream government rests on two evils: the physical terror of the people and, on the other hand, the psychological terror spread by Imedi!

[John Walters @john_walters_]

Dear Mr. Kobakhidze--Hudson Institute is the publisher of this report. As the President of Hudson, I stand behind the research and conclusions. The facts are not changeable by bluster and threats. You are not the "Georgian Dream"--you are a destroyer of Georgian Dreams.

[ბათუმელები • Batumelebi.ge @Batumelebi_ge]

🔴 A documentary photo exhibition, “Georgia in Focus,” has opened at the @eu_eeas in Brussels.

It features works by Georgian photographers who received the EU Prize for Journalism between 2015 and 2025.

The central part of the exhibition is dedicated to a courtroom photograph of Sakharov Prize laureate Mzia Amaglobeli, founder of @netgazeti and Batumelebi.

⭕ Journalist @GuramRogava addressed the audience, speaking about the threats facing the media in Georgia. He recalled how he was attacked by a special forces officer during a live broadcast - an incident that remains under investigation to this day.

#JournalismIsNotACrime
#RepressionsInGeorgia #PressFreedom

[Senate Foreign Relations Committee @SFRCdems]

“I’m glad Hungary has cleared the way for this lifeline to Ukraine. This loan will provide vital assistance to Ukraine as it continues to defend against Putin’s war of aggression. European unity strengthens Ukraine and sends a clear message to Moscow.” -@SenatorShaheen

[Rikard Jozwiak @RikardJozwiak]

🇪🇺Kallas says there will be a "revisit" of possible 🇬🇪 sanctions once there are other representatives around the table...🇭🇺

[Rusudan Shelia @RusaSh]

“In terms of foreign policy, Magyar took different positions on Russia and Ukraine than Orban. He also made clear he would not be close to Georgian Dream, the ruling party in Georgia controlled by billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili”

Great article by @johngizzi

https://t.co/8WUUCdluZZ

[Senator Roger Wicker @SenatorWicker]

The freedom-loving people of Hungary have voted decisively in favor of democracy and the rule of law. I congratulate them and Peter Magyar, the next prime minister of Hungary. They've rejected the malign influence of Vladimir Putin, the world's most malicious dictator,
and decided their own future.

I look forward to an even stronger friendship between the United States and our other NATO allies.

[Rusudan Shelia @RusaSh]

I’ll see this in Georgia very soon as well!

[Mariam Nikuradze @mari_nikuradze]

Scenes from Budapest after Orban conceded defeat.

[Bertold Kittel @Bertold_K]

Euphoria in Budapest after the opposition’s victory. Tens of thousands of people poured into the streets. Incredible scenes in the metro.

#Budapest #Hungary #Elections #OppositionVictory #Democracy #Breaking #Europe #Politics #News

[Daniel Twining @DCTwining]

Few European societies show greater support for 🇪🇺 & NATO. Yet 🇬🇪#Georgia has a pro-Putin, anti-Western government via state capture.

The divide in Georgia today is not between East & West. It is between the government & its own society. —David Merkel https://t.co/fUwmz7a84R

[Peter Fischer @Diplo_Peter]

Based on @OSCE #MoscowMechanism report, 🇩🇪 + 23 states call on 🇬🇪 to reinstate democratic norms & freedoms and live up to its own #humanrights committments.
🇬🇪 response: "It's all not true".
Our statement ⬇️ https://t.co/PdlncRhKRN
Read full report ⬇️
https://t.co/CV6lQ4MCUg

[Anna Gvarishvili @AnnaGvarishvili]

The @OSCE Moscow Mechanism report notes that Rome Statute states could consider referring the situation in Georgia to the International Criminal Court in light of growing allegations of political persecution, torture, and other inhuman treatment.

[George Rukhadze @giorgirukhadze]

Russia, Niger, and Georgia - what a company the Georgian Dream has brought Georgia into.

[PUBLIKA @Publika_ge]

One recommendation in the OSCE Moscow Mechanism report published today states that the States Parties to the Rome Statute may consider referring the situation in Georgia to the ICC, given the growing number of cases of political persecution, torture, and other inhumane acts.

[ბათუმელები • Batumelebi.ge @Batumelebi_ge]

🟥March 12, marks 14 months of the unlawful imprisonment of Georgian journalist and media founder, #SakharovPrize2025 laureate Mzia Amaglobeli.

Sentenced to two years in prison on trumped-up charges, her appeal has been rejected by #Georgia’s Supreme Court, exhausting all domestic remedies: https://t.co/dFtrVRLRRc

#FreeMzia
#JournalismIsNotACrime
#Georgia #RepressionInGeorgia
@MziaAmaglobeli

[OSCE/ODIHR @osce_odihr]

Today the OSCE #MoscowMechanism report “to assess Georgia’s implementation of its OSCE commitments, with a particular focus on developments since spring 2024” was presented to the OSCE Permanent Council.

Read the full report on 🇬🇪 #Georgia: https://t.co/bo1awHWeqp

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead, Iranian state media reports. https://t.co/wqnEZUFOM3