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It seems to me that something has changed in Georgia within the last 3 weeks: 1. The UK sanctioned the regime’s propaganda apparatus; 2. The Opposition Alliance emerged; 3. The EU imposed visas on the Georgian Dream; 4. The Georgian Dream got scared of EU sanctions and promised to behave better about Russia sanctions evasion at the Kulevi port (although, of course, it’s very hard to trust their word); 5. The European Parliament had a yet another damning resolution, which, although not surprising, fit the combination of the recent events quite perfectly; 6. And the OSCE Moscow Mechanism report prepared grounds for the potential international prosecution of the regime. As daily protests will soon hit an unprecedented 500-day mark, the latest developments have quietly shifted public mood from confusion and exhaustion that lasted at least from early October 2025 to sudden validation of their efforts and assurance in the regime’s eventual downfall. As soon as the Parliamentary elections in October 2024 were completely rigged, the Georgian democratic forces and the public had two unspoken, but deeply felt, options: 1. Pretend pluralism and whitewash the Georgian Dream’s democratic image that would result in more confidently entrenched dictatorship over time and a slow exhaustion of resistance capacity; 2. Bet fully on non-cooperation and regime isolation in an effort to accelerate the Georgian Dream’s unmasking, force them into mistakes, structurally weaken the regime and shorten their lifespan. The public — and the majority of the Georgian opposition — opted for the second scenario. And today, much more than a month ago, the Georgian people seem to believe that this strategy is indeed paying off. #GeorgiaProtests Day 473 📷 Levan Zazadze, on Day 472