Ok so update: criminal police summoned me, they called. I asked to be questioned in court in the presence of a judge. That will happen either tomorrow or the day after. Will keep you posted. Have lawyers and everything. Not fleeing the country, not hiding, will continue covering.
As Georgia reels from mass protests after a contested election, both the ruling party and opposition believe that a Trump presidency will further their political goals, @lookiane writes:
https://t.co/OlidT5omgK
@HansGutbrod@CivilGe Given that the NBG has not held any FX auctions in Sep., but its international reserves have dropped by $126 mil, I'd guess they have purchased additional $126 mln recently. If this is indeed a right assumption, that makes it $239.4 mil. sold before the elections. 2/2.
@HansGutbrod@CivilGe These 2 transactions were done by the NBG through the foreign exchange (FX) auctions. For years, they have also practiced buying/selling of currencies through the BMatch platform, - the results of which only appear on the 25th of each month (& the results for Sep. appear in Oct)
Following the reporting of my colleagues at @azatutyunradio on his adventures in Armenia and Karabakh, here's a quick round-up of how infamous Pablo Gonzalez, a Russian spy disguised as a Spanish freelance journalist, traversed Georgia since at least 2011 https://t.co/dPrBsctP2X
Our friend, Bahruz Samadov (@bahruz_samad) has been sentenced to 4-month pre-trial detention.
He is accused of "treason against the state".
#FreeBahruz
Never in my career did I think I'd write something like this, nor that a prominent political force would embrace conspiracy theories. But here it is: GD's full-scale conspiracy on the ‘Global Party of War.’ In Georgian tho: https://t.co/1eHcfXsUfy
The Georgian Dream has just announced they are going to re-initiate law on `foreign agents', - the one they withdrew last year after tens of thousands of pro-western demonstrators protested against it.
NEW: A yearlong investigation by @InsiderEng, @60Minutes and @derspiegel has uncovered evidence suggesting that Havana Syndrome may have its origin in the use of directed energy weapons wielded by the Russian GRU’s infamous Unit 29155. https://t.co/i9tSdg9Ehh
It was a great pleasure to interview @yehaoqin of @_EuropeanValues and a great opportunity to be able to share his ever-insightful takes on the 🇹🇼 election results with @RFERL's 🇬🇪 audience. We also talked on why 🇬🇪 should stay tuned to developments in this part of the world
🇬🇪🇹🇼 One of the most meaningful interviews I've done - discussing why #Taiwan matters with @RTavisupleba@lookiane's #Georgia-n audience.
Our timely conversation took place as China continues to aggressively expand its footprint in Georgia.
https://t.co/mc692H7HT9
Had the pleasure to sit down with @keatingetom from @CFCS_RUSI/@RUSI_org to discuss Georgia's alignment with EU, US, and UK sanctions this week. See the interview in Georgian here: https://t.co/2e2lJyeICY Also thanks to @RISS_org for the opportunity
🇪🇺 COM recommendations as things stands:
🇺🇦open accession talks. adoption of nego framework once 4 conditions met
🇲🇩as above with 3 cond
🇬🇪 candidate status on the understanding that 9 steps are taken
🇧🇦 opening of accession talks "once the necessary degree of compliance achieved
The speaker of the Georgian Parliament, @shpapuashvili, has taken his grievances directly to OC Media’s institutional donors in an apparent bid to influence or punish the outlet for declining to publish an opinion piece he had written. 1/4 https://t.co/mlRyG2bfoD
BREAKING: Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili pardoned Nika Gvaramia, the imprisoned head of opposition TV channel Mtavari, three days after the Supreme Court upheld his conviction.
https://t.co/VRsJzyiROH