Irakli Metreveli

Writer, journalist. Agence France-Presse Caucasus bureau chief. The views expressed here are my own. Links and re-tweets are not endorsements.

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#Armenia PM Pashinyan heads for win to cement Westward shift @AFP https://t.co/2q2GtbCMS7

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#Armenia vote tests PM's Westward shift amid Moscow threats @AFP https://t.co/2q2GtbCMS7

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#Armenia votes in test of PM's pivot away from Russia @AFP https://t.co/KfXYPIijmD

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#Armenia vote tests Westward pivot away from Russia @AFP https://t.co/73nnu6WUXI

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Nikol Pashinyan: Drummer PM steering #Armenia away from Russia @AFP https://t.co/6HAlCCN8Vo

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#Iran drone strikes on #Azerbaijan have raised fears that the Middle East war could spill into the #Caucasus, as Baku, an ally of #Israel, vows to respond. @AFP https://t.co/PuaAxE0rAF

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#Armenia PM says foiled 'sinister' coup plot by senior cleric @AFP https://t.co/aHin4016rw

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#Georgia arrests the country's most celebrated poet Zviad Ratiani, intensifying a crackdown on dissent under the Georgian Dream party @AFP https://t.co/wsQp0zrrie
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#Georgia police arrest two opposition leaders at protest @AFP https://t.co/RaHKjyIiRJ

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'Campaign of terror': #Georgia's escalating rights crackdown @AFP #GeorgiaProtests https://t.co/0t9tFQssIE

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Georgians ring in New Year with mass pro-#EU rally @AFP #GeorgiaProtests https://t.co/7RQDkotmTC

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Salome Zurabishvili: defiant champion of #Georgia's EU dream @AFP https://t.co/u6GMK3cE51

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Mikheil Kavelashvili, ex-Man City striker and #Georgia's disputed far-right president @AFP https://t.co/TcfaWnUGdn

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#Georgia set to inaugurate disputed president amid political crisis @AFP https://t.co/5vpYVerxoz

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Here are the key developments in #Georgia's unprecedented constitutional crisis that has threatened the country's decades-long bid to break free from Russian influence and assert its place in the West. @AFP https://t.co/R82QUozT4q

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#Georgia ruling party installs loyalist president amid constitutional crisis @AFP https://t.co/80Qj6RJB4d

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Escalation feared as #Georgia pro-#EU protests enter third week @AFP https://t.co/JHjJ3qUyD6

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#Georgia's ombudsman accuses police of torturing pro-#EU protesters @AFP https://t.co/OnlWdHs5Of