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Paul Rimple @pjrimple.bsky.social · 4d

Pretty bad when the government has made pro-democracy think tanks obsolete.

GIP, Georgia’s Key Think Tank, Halts Work Citing Repression, Loss of Mission - Civil Georgia

The Georgian Institute of Politics (GIP), a leading Tbilisi-based think tank established in 2011, an

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Paul Rimple @pjrimple.bsky.social · 4d

Germany summons Georgian envoy over aggressive rhetoric against Berlin’s own ambassador in Tbilisi

The summons came a week after Georgia summoned Germany’s Ambassador Peter Fischer.

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Paul Rimple @pjrimple.bsky.social · 9d

A letter from Georgia's political prisoner, journalist Mzia Amaglobeli.

From my prison cell in Georgia, I implore Europe not to abandon us to Russia | Mzia Amaglobeli

My fellow journalists are putting their lives in danger every day, but we refuse to surrender to a regime that threatens Europe’s own security, says imprisoned Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli

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Paul Rimple @pjrimple.bsky.social · Sep 8

I was there and they were, too. It was not a coup.

Georgian Dream pushes alternate history to justify crackdown

The Rose Revolution is rebranded a coup.

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Paul Rimple @pjrimple.bsky.social · Sep 1

Aba ra!

What I Learned From the Georgia Protests

A novelist traveled to the former Soviet republic in search of food and a story. She found a new understanding of how to stand up for democracy.

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Paul Rimple @pjrimple.bsky.social · Aug 30

Cool piece.
youtu.be/dXStGysxLwA?...

Is Putin's LGBT Crackdown Reaching Other Countries? | SBS Dateline

YouTube video by SBS Dateline

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Paul Rimple @pjrimple.bsky.social · Aug 27

www.instagram.com/reel/DN3Fj7o... #foodtravel #tusheti #tushetitour

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Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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Paul Rimple @pjrimple.bsky.social · Aug 16

Tbilisi sentiment. #russiaisaterroriststae

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Paul Rimple @pjrimple.bsky.social · Aug 8

The kryptonite went to his head. Supershmuck. "So, if you want to help save America, ICE is arresting the worst of the worst and removing them from America's streets. I like that. I voted for that," Cain said.

Actor Dean Cain, who played Superman in the '90s, reveals he joined ICE

Dean Cain, who starred in "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman," made a recruitment video for the agency Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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Jelger Groeneveld @jelgerg.bsky.social · Jul 31

Georgian Dream presented incumbent Tbilisi mayor Kaladze to be their candidate for 3rd time.

Meanwhile, party chair Kobakhidze took the opportunity for some irony, by complimenting Ivanishvili for “freeing Georgia in 2012 from the most severe authoritarianism”
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Irakli Kobakhidze: I would like to greet Mr. Bidzina Ivanishvili, who in 2012 liberated Georgia from the most severe authoritarianism managed from outside and put our country on the right path of deve...

According to Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, Bidzina Ivanishvili liberated Georgia from the most severe authoritarianism managed from outside in 2012.

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Jelger Groeneveld @jelgerg.bsky.social · Aug 1

A lower jaw of an early “homo erectus” of ~1.8 million years old was excavated in Georgia.

The jaw was discovered at the archeological site of the village Kvemo Orozmani in Dmanisi municipality, in which area more early humanoid remains of the same era were discovered.
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Discovery at Orozmani archaeological site: 1.8-million-year-old human lower jaw unearthed in Georgia - 1TV

A 1.8-million-year-old human lower jaw has been discovered during international archaeological excavations at Orozmani. The Georgian National Agency for Cultural Heritage Protection announced on Thurs...

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Paul Rimple @pjrimple.bsky.social · Jul 20

The Global War Party is everywhere and control everything but it will never control the Georgian Dream.

Kobakhidze Says ‘Global War Party’ Uses EU Visa Threat to Open Second Front in Georgia - Civil Georgia

Georgian Dream Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has claimed that visa-free travel with the European

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Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 @marikamikiashvili.bsky.social · Jul 16

Friends, fellas, please sign the petition calling for #JustinTimberlake to express his position against repressions in Georgia.

Otherwise, even his concert will be used by the regime to pretend normalcy, legitimacy, and business as usual with the world.

www.change.org/p/to-justin-...

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · Jul 16

Pavel Talankin is a former Russian school event coordinator and videographer at School No. 1 in Karabash, a town in Russia's Chelyabinsk region. He filmed "patriotic" lessons and school events for official reports submitted to the Russian ministry of education

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Olga Patlyuk @olgapatluyk.bsky.social · Jul 16

Egils Helmanis, chairman of the municipal council of Ogre, Latvia, was wounded in a Russian shelling during a visit to Ukraine. He was delivering humanitarian aid to Ukraine.

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Jelger Groeneveld @jelgerg.bsky.social · Jul 17

Freshly appointed Georgian education minister was caught lying about having a Dutch university PhD degree.

Now he is rebuking with a typical reflex of full denial of the lie, and deflects it back to the messenger. So typical.
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Paul Rimple @pjrimple.bsky.social · Jul 17

Russia continues to target civilian infrastructure. #RussiaIsATerroristState

The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · Jul 16

⚡️Russia drops 500-kg bomb on shopping center in Donetsk Oblast — killing 2, injuring 27.

Russian forces dropped a 500-kg (1,100-pound) aerial bomb on a shopping center in Donetsk Oblast, killing at least two people & injuring 27 others, regional officials reported July 16.

Russia drops 500-kg bomb on shopping center in Donetsk Oblast — killing 2, injuring 27

Russian forces dropped a 500-kilogram (1,100-pound) aerial bomb on a shopping center in Donetsk Oblast, killing at least two people and injuring 27 others, regional officials reported July 16.

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · Jul 17

The hard part about doing propaganda is that the past changes so quickly you have no idea what will happen yesterday

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Paul Rimple @pjrimple.bsky.social · Jul 17

Very well summed up.

As democracy in Georgia collapses, Russia, China and Iran see an opening | CNN

A decade ago, Georgia was the poster child of post-Soviet countries on their way to democracy and freedom. US lawmakers hope a bill will help combat democratic backsliding.

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The Onion @theonion.com · Jul 8

Ted Cruz: ‘Vacationing Is How I Grieve’

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Paul Rimple @pjrimple.bsky.social · Jul 8

So, the cops can knock on your door and force you to take a drug test?

Paul Rimple @pjrimple.bsky.social · Jul 8

He must have lived in a ground floor apartment or one story house.

The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · Jul 7

⚡️ Russian transport minister fired by Putin reportedly shoots himself dead.

Russia's former Transport Minister Roman Starovoit shot himself dead in Odintsovo following his dismissal by President Vladimir Putin on July 7, the pro-government newspaper Izvestia reported, citing unnamed sources.

Russian transport minister fired by Putin reportedly shoots himself dead

Russia's former Transport Minister Roman Starovoit shot himself in Odintsovo following his dismissal by President Vladimir Putin on July 7, the pro-government newspaper Izvestia reported, citing unnam...

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Paul Rimple @pjrimple.bsky.social · Jul 7

This is accurate, although I'd add that Gavlirov night, when Georgian Dream MPs invited a Russian MP in 2019 to address an assembly from the Speaker's Chair and sparked mass protests, was the catalyst for the growing animosity.

Tongue-tied in Tbilisi. Russian imperialism is casting a long linguistic shadow over the Georgian capital — Novaya Gazeta Europe

“It’s better to speak Mandarin than Russian in Tbilisi,” says Nikoloz, our guide on a Soviet-themed tour of Tbilisi, as one member of our group, a native Mandarin speaker, attempts to place an order a...

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