On June 24, the Democracy Research Institute held the presentation of the “Understanding and Combating Far-Right Extremism and Ultra-Nationalism in Georgia” report.
The presenters spoke about the main characteristics of far-right discourse in Georgian social media, monitoring of street rallies and demonstrations of far-right groups, the ideology of far-right groups in Georgia and examples of Western European countries.
The meeting was opened by Mrs Loes Lammerts, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the Netherlands and by Ucha Nanuashvili, Director of DRI.
The report “Understanding and Combating Far-Right Extremism and Ultra-Nationalism in Georgia”
რუსეთი ბოლო პერიოდში აქტიურად ცდილობს ოკუპირებული ტერიტორების საკითხის წინ წამოწევას და საქართველოსგან ამ ტერიორების სამართლებრივად ჩამოშორებას.
In Georgia, while 2024–2026 is described as a period of significant deterioration in media rights, signs of increased state-led political influence over independent and public-interest media had become visible earlier.
Since 2024, Georgia’s legal and institutional framework has been changing at an unusually rapid pace.