Kristine Vacharadze

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Kristine is Programmes Director at CRRC Georgia.

2008 August War

Datablog | Few in Georgia know what the EUMM does

by Kristine Vacharadze

•2 min read

A CRRC survey found that only one in eight Georgians know what the EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) in Georgia aims to achieve, with the largest proportion of those surveyed reporting that they do not know what the mission’s function is. Georgia’s EUMM was established after the August 2008 War between Georgia and Russia, with the aim of stabilising ‘the situation on the ground’, and the unarmed civilian monitors continue to patrol Georgia’s administrative boundary lines with Abkhazia and South Os

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Datablog | Do Georgians trust TV?

by Kristine Vacharadze

•4 min read

In an increasingly polarised media environment, Georgians have mixed feelings about how much TV and TV journalists can be trusted. Over the past decade, TV as a source of news has been on the decline in Georgia. With just 53% of those surveyed in 2021 using TV as their primary news source, as compared to 88% in 2009, it is clear that TV has lost its dominance. Nonetheless, it remains the main news source for half of the adult population. This fall in TV consumption has taken place again

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Datablog | Georgians are still conservative, but attitudes are slowly changing

by Kristine Vacharadze

•3 min read

Newly released data from the Knowledge of and Attitudes towards the European Union in Georgia survey, which CRRC Georgia carried out for the Europe Foundation, suggests that the public’s attitudes are changing about women having pre-marital sex and children out of wedlock. While in 2015, 69% of Georgians thought that it was never justified for a woman to have pre-marital sex, 55% did in 2021, a 14 percentage point decline. During this same period, there was a 10 percentage point increase in t

A copy of Find Your Sign, a popular astrology book in Georgia. Photo: Tamar Supatashvili/OC Media.

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Datablog | Almost everyone in Georgia believes in the supernatural

by Kristine Vacharadze

•2 min read

Georgian folklore is filled with stories of demons and devils; yet, everyone knows children’s stories are just that. However, new opinion polling from the ISSP Survey on Religion suggests that the vast majority of Georgians believe in the supernatural. The study, which was conducted in 2019 by CRRC Georgia, asked about whether people think the following statements are true or false: * Good luck charms sometimes do bring good luck; * Some fortunetellers really can foresee the future; * Som

A synagogue in Tbilisi. Photo: Mariam Nikuradze/OC Media.

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Datablog | Are Georgians and Armenians becoming more or less tolerant?

by Kristine Vacharadze

•2 min read

Surveys carried out in Georgia and in Armenia in 2009 and 2019 asked respondents if they approved or disapproved of doing business with or marriages with people of 12 other ethnicities. So, are Georgians and Armenians becoming more or less tolerant? Data from the Caucasus Barometer has consistently suggested that Georgians and Armenians are more tolerant of doing businesses with other ethnicities than they are of inter-ethnic marriages. Data from the 2019 Caucasus Barometer showed that in bo

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