Reposted by Nicholas PearceNed Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 26/05/2025On chatbots: publiccomment.blog/p/you-ll-nev... 3244101
Reposted by Nicholas Pearcewill neal @willneal.bsky.social · 31/03/2025🚨NEW: Leaked corporate documents reveal Putin crony Roman Abramovich’s previously unreported ties to key “enablers” of Georgia’s ‘pro-Russian’ Ivanishvili regime. Long 🧵on my latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social👇1/ bylinetimes.com/2025/03/31/m...bylinetimes.comMoscow’s Ties to the Georgian Regime Ran Through Kensington and ChelseaLeaked documents reveal how UK firm Hunnewell Partners, controlled by alleged enablers of Georgia’s ruling oligarch, facilitated a top Putin crony’s attempts to exploit the collapse of a more than $1.... 214669
Reposted by Nicholas PearceOC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 16/02/2025No candidate received an unconditional majority in Saturday’s snap presidential elections in Abkhazia. Voters will choose between former Vice-President Badra Gunba and opposition leader Adgur Ardzinba in a second round held within the next two weeks. oc-media.org/abkhazias-pr...oc-media.orgAbkhazia’s presidential election heads to a second roundThe second round of voting between Badra Gunba and Ardgur Ardzinba will take place within the next two weeks. 064
Reposted by Nicholas PearceKatie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 14/02/2025OCCRP took a closer look at our [Transparency International Georgia’s] recent reporting on Ivanishvili’s accelerated transfer of assets from offshore entities to Georgia between December 2024 and January 2025, after he was sanctioned by the U.S. in late December 2024. www.occrp.org/en/scoop/sla...occrp.orgSlapped With Sanctions, Georgian Oligarch Ivanishvili Brings Assets HomeBidzina Ivanishvili’s ruling Georgian Dream party has been accused of election fraud and increasingly authoritarian leadership, and he was sanctioned by the U.S. in December. Some of his prized assets... 15022
Reposted by Nicholas PearcePublika.ge @publikage.bsky.social · 09/02/2025On the 74th day of continuous protests, Rustaveli Avenue was blocked again, despite heavy police presence on Rustaveli and nearby streets. Initially police tried to stop the demonstrators, but as the crowd grew, they retreated through the surrounding streets. #GeorgiaProtests 14020
Nicholas Pearce @nickpearce3.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Stellar reporting on how Imedi TV became Georgian Dream’s propaganda arm, featuring testimonies from former employees. oc-media.org/a-cog-in-the...oc-media.orgA cog in the ‘machine of evil’: ex-TV Imedi employees on working for Georgian Dream’s spin machineTV Imedi has a stated goal — to prevent the opposition from gaining power — a goal former employees say has overtaken all questions of ethics. 000
Reposted by Nicholas PearceJelger Groeneveld @jelgerg.bsky.social · 07/02/2025First Moscow - Sukhumi (Abkhazia) flight lands in more than 30 years in violation of international norms and rules. Earlier this week, propaganda announcements were made that test flights were due shortly - but I didn't expect this week already Timing is likely for presidential election next week. 1113
Reposted by Nicholas PearceJelger Groeneveld @jelgerg.bsky.social · 05/02/2025As anticipated, Georgian Dream has initiated the tightening of the so-called "foreign agent" law to further repress civil society and independent media - similarly to, but faster than in Russia. GD feels emboldened by the anti-NGO rhetoric of the Trump administration. civil.ge/archives/659...civil.geGD Goes Full-Steam Ahead with Repressive Legislative Initiatives Targeting Civil Society and MediaOver the next two months, the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party announces restrictive laws aimed at civil society and media. The laws, to be passed over the next two months, will affect areas as divers... 144
Reposted by Nicholas PearceHans Gutbrod @hansgutbrod.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Another view on that scene that's already doing the rounds -- if you watch it a few times, you see the snatch troop lining up; the grabbing of a protester & viciously hurling him to the ground; the aggressive kicking. Nothing new here, but still remarkable how brutal they are to fellow citizens. 23416
Nicholas Pearce @nickpearce3.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Police brutality, mass arrests and new draconian laws cracking down on dissent — Georgia is sliding dangerously towards a police state. My latest piece for Novaya Gazeta Europe novayagazeta.eu/articles/202...novayagazeta.euMisrule of law. Georgia’s drift towards a police state — Novaya Gazeta EuropeSaba Kevkhishvili lies on a hospital bed with his eyes swollen shut, ringed by dark purple bruises that bear the imprint of the violence he endured at the hands of those paid to protect him. 041
Reposted by Nicholas PearceAnna Gvarishvili @annagvarish.bsky.social · 07/12/2024🚨 Breaking: TV Pirveli investigative journalist Maka Chikhladze and her crew were attacked a few moments ago by unidentified masked men. The attack occurred after TV Pirveli aired Chikhladze’s investigation on the Special Task Force. 27146
Reposted by Nicholas PearcePublika.ge @publikage.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Sandro Bukia is now free, but according to his uncle, he was severely beaten. His uncle also said that Sandro and his mother were not attending the protest. They work nearby and the young man was abducted by the police while on their way home from work. 03716
Reposted by Nicholas PearcePublika.ge @publikage.bsky.social · 06/12/2024A woman says police have arrested her 19-year-old son, who has been diagnosed with epilepsy. 17228
Reposted by Nicholas Pearcewill neal @willneal.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Video of prominent opposition leader Nika Gvaramia, who was previously imprisoned on what were widely thought bogus charges, being violently detained in Tbilisi this afternoon. Local reports suggest he was unconscious by the time police got him to the car. 22018
Reposted by Nicholas Pearcewill neal @willneal.bsky.social · 04/12/2024NEW: Shocking though the scenes in Tbilisi may be, the real story of the #GeorgiaProtests is not necessarily in the capital, but also out in the country’s provinces. Long read for @bylinetimes.bsky.social, with @nickpearce3.bsky.social & @gugachomakhidze.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2024/12/04/p...bylinetimes.comPro-European Protests Sweeping Across Georgia Stir Memories of a Darker PastHuge numbers of protesters are demonstrating their resistance to their disputed Government's Putin-pleasing decision to suspend the country's bid for EU membership 02412
Reposted by Nicholas Pearcewill neal @willneal.bsky.social · 02/12/2024NEW: Latest for @theipaper, w/ @nickpearce3.bsky.social and @gugachomakhidze.bsky.social, reports how the #GeorgiaProtests are swiftly expanding across the nation. Longer read on this dropping tomorrow, stay tuned… inews.co.uk/news/world/g...inews.co.ukGeorgia's anti-government protests spread across the country'We know what it means to feel the Russian boot on your neck' - Georgians are outraged at their country's pivot away from the West 17027
Nicholas Pearce @nickpearce3.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Scene at a rally in Tsalenjikha today, a town with a population of 3,000 people in Georgia’s western Samegrelo region. Referring to the violent police crackdown in Tbilisi, a local official took the stage with an emotional plea directed at Georgian Dream: “Stop, you executioner.” 131
