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New Security Architecture in Europe and its impact on Georgia - one year since European Perspective

Three organizations - "Civil Idea", "Democracy Research Institute" (DRI), and "Democracy Index - Georgia" held a conference “New Security Architecture in Europe and its impact on Georgia - one year since European Perspective”.

15.06.2023

Russia continues full financing of Abkhazia’s state security service

the Russian Federation will fully finance the salaries and pensions of the employees of the state security service of the republic of Abkhazia until January 2026.

13.06.2023

Direct air traffic with Russia - financial benefits of pro-Kremlin groups

The first flight from Moscow to Tbilisi was performed by the Russian airline Azimuth, the director general of which is Pavel Ekzhanov. Ekzhanov and Azimuth are sanctioned by Ukraine.

13.06.2023

DRI: Russian "soft power" is still active - social aid was brought to Gali villages from Krasnodar region

At the end of May 2023, social aid arrived in Gali from the Krasnodar region, which aims to increase the local population’s support to Russia.

06.06.2023

DRI: Arresting participants in peaceful protests threatens democratic values

According to the publicly spread information, on June 2, in the vicinity of the Parliament of Georgia, several people were detained for making inscriptions on a poster.

02.06.2023

Civil society responds to the statement made by the Prime Minister of Georgia

Civil society organizations condemn the statement made by the Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Gharibashvili, at GLOBSEC’s 2023 Bratislava Forum on May 30.

01.06.2023

Compared to 2022, Official Donations to "Conservative Movement/Alt-Info" are Down

The Democracy Research Institute continues to monitor political activities and donors of the violent political group "Conservative Movement/Alt-Info".

31.05.2023

Direct Flights to Russia - pro-Russian Focus of the Far-Right Wing

The direct flight of the Russian airline "Azimut" to Georgia on May 19, 2023, was met with protests from the civil sector and positive responses from far-right groups.

23.05.2023

Muhajirism without Georgian Government’s political assessment

On May 21, our Abkhaz compatriots commemorate the tragic date of the beginning of the Muhajirism of Muslim Abkhazians. In 1867 more than fifty thousand Abkhazians left their homeland, who were forced by the Russian Empire to emigrate to Turkey.

21.05.2023

Gali public school director bullies children

According to the information available to the Democracy Research Institute, the director of the second public school of Gali has been insulting the locals of Gali every day for 11 years, emphasizing their ethnic origin and place of residence.

20.05.2023