Sasha Slobodov

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Sasha is an international fellow at CRRC Georgia.

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

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Datablog | Georgians increasingly agree that minority groups face challenges in Georgia

by Sasha Slobodov

•2 min read

In a recent CRRC survey on discrimination in Georgia, more Georgians agreed that a range of minority groups face challenges in the country than did three years prior, and they increasingly agree on the main issues that those groups face. A survey on hate crime, hate speech, and discrimination in Georgia CRRC Georgia conducted for the Council of Europe in 2018 and 2021 found a number of changes in attitudes among the Georgian population toward the issues that minority groups face. When asked

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Datablog | What shapes attitudes toward the Soviet Union’s collapse in Georgia and Armenia?

by Sasha Slobodov

•3 min read

The collapse of the Soviet Union led to fundamental economic and social transformations in both Georgia and Armenia. Opinion polling suggests that views of the collapse today may be associated with how one has fared in the post-Soviet period. The 2021 Caucasus Barometer surveys in Georgia and Armenia suggest that attitudes toward the collapse of the Soviet Union are correlated with perceptions about satisfaction with life. Overall, Georgians look back on the USSR much less fondly than Armen

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