Tatuli Chubabria

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Tatuli is a Policy analyst and social researcher from Georgia.

Analysis

Analysis | Second-rate development — why 12 died in a luxury hotel in Batumi

by Tatuli Chubabria

•5 min read

‘The hotel is built in avant-garde-minimalist style. It’s energy-efficient and has a minimal impact on the environment’, the city guide states of the Leo Grand, the hotel struck by a deadly fire on 24 November. Given that 12 people were killed and 21 injured in the fire, ‘minimalist designs’ could perhaps also refer to the minimally regulated building standards which are causing the shoddy development of our cities. This was not the first time faith in the rapid development capacities of su

Environment

Activists fighting Georgia’s hydropower boom complain of exclusion and repression

by Tatuli Chubabria

•6 min read

The Georgian Government is committed to fully exploiting the country’s hydropower potential. Collective mobilisation against mass construction of hydropower plants has began to emerge, but activists say they are met with exclusion and repression. Energy Projects in Georgia is an emerging social group mobilising as a counter-movement to growth oriented investment projects that they believe will negatively affect people’s livelihoods, the environment, and cultural heritage in Georgia. The gro

Georgia

When the state invests in labour exploitation [Opinion]

by Tatuli Chubabria

•5 min read

At the beginning of the month, the Georgian Public Broadcaster announced a plan to reorganise itself; the plan was consumer-oriented and would mean cuts in the broadcaster’s staff. Job cuts have also been announced in a number of other public sector institutions. On top of this, the government is displaying complete apathy towards ill-treatment and forceful dismissals of employees in the private sector. To present itself at the vanguard of creating a ‘business-friendly environment’, t

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