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Forgotten Heroes of Georgian Anti-Soviet Resistance

The research examines eight lesser-known participants in anti-Soviet resistance in Soviet Georgia: Irodion Pachulia, Anridi Sanaia, Indiko and Zaur Kobalia, Vazha Zhghenti, Tariel Ghviniashvili, Enriko Tvaladze, and Tengiz Gudava. Placing their biographies within a shared historical framework shows that Georgian anti-Soviet resistance was not confined to a small number of well-known dissidents or to the mass national movement of the 1980s. From the mid-1950s onward, Georgia already had underground groups, clandestine printing facilities, coordinated networks for distributing proclamations, samizdat, and, later, channels for reaching international audiences

How Public Institutions (Fail to) Fulfill Their Information Disclosure Obligations

this article demonstrate that public institutions do not fulfill their proactive disclosure obligations with an adequate level of responsibility. Information is frequently published selectively, with its availability depending on the substance of the data concerned. This practice significantly undermines access to public information and transparency in the country.

The Instrumentalization of History, Memory Politics, and Georgia

This article examines the interrelationship between historical revisionism, memory politics, and disinformation influence in the Georgian context. Its central finding is that Russia’s contemporary information strategy is not limited to disseminating individual false narratives; it seeks to reshape the very interpretive frameworks through which society evaluates sovereignty, occupation, Western integration, and democratic institutions. Protecting historical memory, ensuring open archives, and providing evidence-based education therefore extend beyond the bounds of general cultural policy and become foundations of national security, democratic resilience, and “mental de-occupation.”

Georgia’s Diverging Trajectories of Freedom and Prosperity

The Atlantic Council’s 2026 Freedom and Prosperity Indexes reveal a widening mismatch in Georgia’s development. In 2025, the country scored 66.6 in freedom, ranking 73rd among 171 states, while its prosperity score reached 78.2, placing it 43rd. Georgia therefore stands 30 positions higher in prosperity than in freedom. The gap is not evidence that prosperity is independent of institutions; rather, it suggests that current social and economic outcomes still benefit from reforms, human capital, infrastructure, and international integration accumulated over previous decades.

The central concern is the direction of change. Georgia’s freedom score rose for much of the period from 1995 to 2018 and peaked at 76. By 2025, it had fallen by 9.4 points, or roughly 12.4 percent. The decline is concentrated in the rule of law, judicial independence and effectiveness, property rights, legislative constraints on the executive, and the predictability of laws. Prosperity has continued to improve, but its indicators—income, education, health, infrastructure, and life expectancy—typically respond to institutional deterioration with a delay.

Historical Revisionism, Russian Disinformation, and Georgia

the challenge in Georgia’s contemporary information environment is no longer limited to the existence of openly pro-Russian groups. A more significant concern is that the central constructs of Russian propaganda—“an opposition controlled from abroad,” “foreign agents,” “a Western-organized coup,” “the opening of a second front,” “war or peace,” and “the protection of traditional identity from the liberal West”—are being transformed into normalized elements of Georgian political language. As a result, narratives advantageous to the Kremlin can be disseminated without direct reference to Russia and without openly pro-Russian political self-identification.

Unclear Results of the Population Census

According to the final results of the 2024 Population Census, Georgia's population stands at 3.93 million, representing an increase of 215,800 people compared to the 2014 census. Of Georgia's permanent population, 96% (3.767 million) are Georgian citizens, 3.4% (133,857) are foreign citizens, while the remaining 0.7% fall into the following categories: dual citizens (8,865), stateless persons (1,063), and citizenship not specified (19,246).

The European Court Began a Review on the case regarding the Freezing of the Accounts of 5 Civil Organizations

On June 25, 2026, the European Court of Human Rights communicated the complaint regarding the freezing of the bank accounts of five Georgian civil organizations—the "Social Justice Center," the "Civil Society Foundation," the "International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy," the "Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI)," and "Sapari"—which signifies the start of the consideration of the case on its merits. The organizations had applied to the European Court on October 15, 2025.

Instead of exposing corruption, the Anti-Corruption Bureau is persecuting civil society

While "Georgian Dream" continues to entrench its control over Georgia's public institutions and state resources, the country’s anti-corruption mechanisms are being repurposed not to hold those in power accountable, but to target independent civil society organizations in Georgia.

Non-governmental and Media Organizations have Submitted a Written Communication to Strasbourg Court on "Russian Law" Case

Non-governmental and media organizations have submitted a written communication to the European Court of Human Rights on the “Russian Law” case. The organizations have provided the court with detailed information about the deteriorating situation following the adoption of the “Russian Law”, the adoption of new laws restricting non-governmental and media organizations, their repressive enforcement, and a unified process of persecution of civil society organizations, the aim of which is to eliminate independent media and civil society organizations.

The “Georgian Dream” has started a new stage of repressions against civil society, targeting up to 30 Georgian non-governmental organizations

Following 8 September 2025, Razhden Kuprashvili has sent letters to civil society organizations about the initiation of monitoring based on the unconstitutional “Law on Grants”. Razhden Kuprashvili demands information on various categories regarding the organizations’ activities after 16 April 2025, without even formally complying with the procedures established by the “Law on Grants”. The Bureau failed to indicate the articles under which such information was requested, including the period starting from 16 April, despite the fact that the repressive amendments to the “Law on Grants” entered into force only on 17 April.