Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 26/05/2026This is Tbilisi on the 545th day of nonstop protests. Today’s mass rally marked Georgia’s Independence Day, driven by the hopes and ideals that shaped the First Republic in 1918. 416269
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 16/04/2026open.substack.com/pub/filipiak...open.substack.comWhy Georgia is not another HungaryHungary shows that economic decline can unseat entrenched leaders, but only when elections remain genuinely competitive. In Georgia, that condition no longer holds. 3235
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Hungary’s Orban, Beacon to the Right, Concedes Election Defeat www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/w...nytimes.comHungary’s Orban, Beacon to the Right, Concedes Election Defeat 3234
Reposted by Katie ShoshiashviliPOLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 01/03/2026Russian President Vladimir Putin may have lost another close ally after the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but an oil shock from conflict in Middle East spells potential good news for his war chest.politico.euMoscow gloats over potential oil price spike from Iran war Putin may have lost an ally with the death of Khamenei but an oil price shock is good news for the Kremlin. 98427
Reposted by Katie ShoshiashviliRima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Not good. AUSTIN SHOOTING: Diagne was wearing a sweatshirt that said “Property of Allah,” and another shirt with an Iranian flag design, AP says: bit.ly/4aHu6D8bit.ly3 dead, 14 injured in Sixth Street mass shooting; FBI investigating potential terrorismThree people are dead and 14 others were injured following a mass shooting at Buford's on West 6th Street early Sunday, officials said. 110432
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 28/02/2026According to the Iranian media, three massive explosions have been heard in the downtown Tehran. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...nytimes.comLive Updates: Israel Says It has Launched an Attack on Iran 0187
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 24/02/2026BREAKING: The UK has sanctioned Georgian TV channels POSTV and IMEDI TV under Russia Sanctions regulations. The Foreign Office cites the deliberate spread of Russian disinformation and undermining Ukraine's sovereignty. Asset freezes and trust services restrictions are now in effect. 25023
Reposted by Katie ShoshiashviliAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Yet another massive Russian attack on Ukraine.Energy infrastructure was under attack,civilians injured&killed. Russia uses up the cold weather to hurt Ukrainian civilians more. ▪️In Kyiv region, a man was killed, two women and a child injured 📹a home in the suburb of Kyiv.A woman and child injured 4221100
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 22/02/20268 years ago Archil Tatunashvili was kidnapped, brutally tortured and murdered by Russians. His mutilated body was returned to the family only a month after the murder. This is how Russia conceals its war crimes. We count years and tragedies, Russia gets emboldened even more. 15923
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Tonight, Iranians in Tbilisi continue to protest against the regime, standing in solidarity with their fellow Iranians back home. Photos by MOSE 0339
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 18/02/2026EU’s HR/VP @kajakallas has circulated a paper to EU member states, seen by @RFERL, outlining conditions Russia should meet in U.S.-mediated talks with Ukraine. 1197
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 12/02/2026#Tbilisi Now: Students at Ilia State University have blocked Chavchavadze Avenue to protest a Georgian Dream initiative introducing university quotas that would assign certain disciplines to specific institutions while eliminating them at others. 15416
Reposted by Katie ShoshiashviliCivil.ge @civil.ge · 12/02/2026Nika Gvaramia, leader of the opposition Ahali party, has been released from prison after serving eight months for refusing to appear before the disputed Parliament's commission. Read more: civil.ge/archives/720... 0208
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 12/02/2026We are witnessing another legislation designed to expand Georgian Dream’s repression apparatus within an already authoritarian system. Below I examine the scale of state control and repression already imposed on the Georgians, and the risks tied to it. kshoshiashvili.substack.com/p/georgian-d...kshoshiashvili.substack.comGeorgian Dream Seeks Full State ControlUnder Georgian Dream’s new legislation, Georgians with anti-GD sentiments would be barred from receiving any foreign funds, including remittances, or risk imprisonment. 22711
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 11/02/2026The Tbilisi TV tower was lit in the colors of Iran’s flag on February 11 at the request of the Iranian Embassy to mark the “national holiday,” (therefore, the anniversary of Iran’s Islamic Revolution), Tbilisi Municipality told Georgian media. 1174
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Georgia 🇬🇪: Bank accounts frozen over old protest fines People in Georgia report that, starting this morning, their bank accounts were frozen because of 5,000 GEL fines they received last year for blocking roads during protests. Many say they did not know about the fines. 42811
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 28/01/2026France’s foreign minister announces that the EU will adopt new sanctions in Brussels tomorrow against Iranian officials responsible for violence and repression against the Iranian people, including travel bans and asset freezes. 1249
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 28/01/2026New investigation by iFact suggests that Georgian ports are being used by Russia’s shadow fleet to move sanctioned oil as Russia wages brutal war in Ukraine. ifact.ge/en/the-shado...ifact.geThe Shadow Fleet: How Russian Oil Flows Through Georgian PortsIn response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Western nations established an embargo and price ceiling on Russian crude oil. Nearly four years have elapsed since the outbreak of hostilities. During thi... 26836
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 23/01/2026cpj.org/2026/01/repo...cpj.orgReport: Georgia violated journalist Mzia Amaglobeli’s right to a fair trial - Committee to Protect JournalistsNew York, January 16, 2026—A report released Friday by TrialWatch found that Georgian authorities violated the fair trial rights of jailed journalist and Sakharov Prize laureate Mzia Amaglobeli, citin... 0227
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Two Georgian citizens were sentenced today to 4 days of imprisonment for standing on a sidewalk and taking part in #GeorgiaProtests. 12310
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Another jailed Georgian opposition leader, Giorgi Vashadze, has been released after 7 months of detention. He had been arrested for refusing to appear before a sham temporary parliamentary investigative commission set up by the ruling Georgian Dream party, 13011
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 15/01/2026“Approximately 50,000 Iranians have been killed. The regime demands between $5,000 and $10,000 from families to release the bodies,” Iranians in Georgia 🇬🇪 say. Iranians in Georgia have been protesting for several consecutive days… Video reporting by @radiotavisupleba.ge.web.brid.gy 26129
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Overstated in places, but sobering. www.codastory.com/rewriting-hi...codastory.comHow the West lost the war it thought it had won - Coda StoryOn the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin has reason to celebrate. He has scripted a new ending to the Cold War by exploiting the gap between Western democratic ideals a... 0144
Reposted by Katie ShoshiashviliRapporteur @euractiv.com · 12/01/2026How the world is failing Iran’s uprisingdlvr.itHow the world is failing Iran’s uprisingHistory will not judge this moment by what Iran’s regime did, but by what the free world chose not to do 0159
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 27/12/2025Day 395 of Georgia’s unbroken resistance. It is now illegal under Ivanishvili’s authoritarian rule to express peaceful protest near the parliament building, even by standing on a sidewalk. 221578
Reposted by Katie ShoshiashviliAlex Raufoglu @ralexdc.bsky.social · 13/12/2025NEW!! Senator Shaheen Condemns 'Unprecedented' Steps to Silence Georgian Citizens The top Senate Democrat on foreign policy warns GD's repressive laws and crackdown on opposition 'align squarely with Moscow’s interests' as democratic future is threatened. www.facebook.com/a.raufoglu/p... 36012
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Today Oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili's handyman and Georgian Dream's self-proclaimed PM Irakli Kobakhidze posed with Vladimir Putin at the International Forum Peace in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Georgian diplomacy and foreign policy continue to reach new lows, but today’s appearance goes even further. 22912
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 01/12/2025“Georgia's authorities used a World War One-era chemical weapon to quell anti-government protesters last year, evidence gathered by the BBC suggests.” www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comWW1 toxic compound sprayed on Georgian protesters, BBC evidence suggestsAnti-government demonstrators are likely to have been targeted with camite, our investigation finds. 29557
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 23/11/2025A protester was kidnapped by police from a seat in front of the Parliament building in Tbilisi. Day 361 of #GeorgiaProtests Video via @publikage.bsky.social 19354
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 23/11/2025🇬🇪 Daily arrests of peaceful protesters, in an effort to crush almost a year of resistance in Georgia: On the 360th straight day of protests, police arrested 8 protesters (and reportedly 1 journalist) without explanation. Among arrested are a teacher, activist, several students, and artists. 37436
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 20/11/2025🇬🇪 Georgia: Day 358 of nonstop protests. Citizens continue to face daily illegal detentions for simply standing on Rustaveli Avenue. Yesterday, on the one-year anniversary of the arrest of the regime’s prisoner Mate Devidze, police arrested more than ten demonstrators. Video: @publikage.bsky.social 27735
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Tbilisi last night, day 354 of #GeorgiaProtests. Photo by @publikage.bsky.social 02310
Reposted by Katie ShoshiashviliLatvian MFA 🇱🇻 | #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 @latvianmfa.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Pursuant to Section 61, Paragraph two of the Immigration Law, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, @baibabraze.bsky.social, took a decision to include two citizens of Georgia in the list of personae non gratae in Latvia, and to subject them to a ban on entering Latvia for an indefinite period of time. 0186
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 17/10/2025www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...aljazeera.comGeorgian police raid homes of former officials including ex-prime ministerAuthorities in Georgia have been clamping down on figures accused of trying to overthrow the government. 2259
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 16/10/2025The Venice Commission recommends repealing virtually all repressive laws introduced by Georgian Dream in the past two years, including the Georgian Dream’s foreign agents law, and amending the Law on Broadcasting, grants, and related regulations. www.coe.int/en/web/venic...coe.intGeorgia - Opinion on the Law on the Registration of Foreign Agents, the amendments to the Law on Grants and other Laws relating to “foreign influence” - Venice Commission of the Council of Europe - www.coe.int15/10/2025 0134
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 16/10/2025On October 13, 2025, Georgian Dream began an expedited consideration of a legislative package that would ban individuals associated with a political party prohibited by the Constitutional Court from engaging in party activities, holding state or political office, and participating in elections. 2195
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 15/10/2025"EPDE identified 29 fake observers who assisted the Georgian government in lending an appearance of legitimacy to the local elections on October 4, 2025. epde.org?news=stateme... 1187
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 13/10/2025BREAKING: The Ivanishvili regime is moving to further tighten repressive laws against protesters. Under the proposed amendments, individuals could face criminal charges and up to one year in prison for repeated offenses such as: 1. Covering their face with a mask or any other means; 14017
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 13/10/2025The prisoners of the Ivanishvili regime at the Frankfurt Book Fair, including teachers, actors, journalists, students, and poets, telling their stories of captivity under Georgian Dream’s repressive rule. Photo shared by the Georgian publisher Gvantsa Jobava 04212
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 06/10/2025“Given the current pace of action from the UK, and seeming indifference from a distracted US, Georgia’s slow and crushing descent into authoritarianism remains unchallenged by its supposed allies. www.transparency.org.uk/news/without...transparency.org.ukWithout greater urgency from the UK and allies, we will soon mark the death of Georgia’s democracyAmidst a growing clampdown against civil society and 300 days of protests on Tbilisi's streets, Western hesitation is emboldening Georgia's slide into authoritarianism 34119
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Day 312 of #GeorgiaProtests; Video by MOSE 210925
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Read here about Georgia’s madman oligarch Ivanishvili, his crypto obsession, and how he instrumentalizes state institutions for his personal wealth games. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Someone Tipped Me Off About a Crypto Story. What I Found Was Crazy. 44118
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 04/10/2025#GeorgiaProtests: The situation near the Orbeliani Presidential Palace has remained tense for hours, with protesters targeted by water cannons and tear gas. Demonstrations are scattered across Tbilisi. 311552
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 04/10/2025Tear gas has been deployed against protesters near the Presidential Palace as tensions escalate in Tbilisi. Organizers reportedly kept demonstrators on Rustaveli Avenue for hours before just now moving toward the area where police are dispersing the crowd. #GeorgiaProtests @protest24.bsky.social 16424
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 04/10/2025#GeorgiaProtests: Police are dispersing protesters in the streets surrounding the presidential palace in Tbilisi. Demonstrators are also gathered outside parliament, and some groups are moving toward the Georgian Dream headquarters. Video @publikage.bsky.social 48025
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 04/10/2025Protesters have flooded Tbilisi as Georgian Dream holds municipal elections, demanding change after 13 years of the party rule and Georgia’s abrupt pro-Russia turn. 46018
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 04/10/2025Oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili has arrived at his polling station, as Georgian Dream holds local elections while most opposition leaders remain jailed. #GeorgiaProtests 24413
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 02/10/2025A new resolution by PACE warns Georgia of an impending "one-party dictatorship incompatible with Council of Europe membership" ahead of the October 4 local elections, with no expectation of any integrity or credibility, @civil.ge civil.ge/archives/703...civil.gePACE Resolution Warns of Impending “One-Party Dictatorship Incompatible with Council of Europe membership” - Civil GeorgiaThe Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted on October 2 the resolution on Ge 14013
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Investigation by @ftm.eu/ @transparencyge.bsky.social: Oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili has been funding Georgia's main anti-Western propaganda channel TV Imedi directly from his companies. Between 2018 and 2022, companies linked to Ivanishvili issued loans exceeding 200 million GEL (over $65 million). 1319
