Zachary Fabos

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Zachary Fabos is a researcher at CRRC Georgia.

Anti-Russian graffiti in Tbilisi. Photo: OC Media

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Datablog | Georgians are split on economic relations with Russia

by Zachary Fabos

•3 min read

Despite significant negative public sentiment towards Russia’s relations to Georgia, a 2023 CRRC survey found that there were mixed opinions on Georgia’s economic ties to Russia. In CRRC Georgia’s 2021 Caucasus Barometer Survey, 66% of Georgians surveyed identified Russia as the country’s main enemy. However, NDI and CRRC Georgia’s October 2023 survey data found that those surveyed had a variety of opinions on Georgia’s economic relations with Russia. Georgian support for deepening economi

A phone at a protest by journalists near Georgia's parliament in July 2021. Photo: Mariam Nikuradze/OC Media

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Datablog | Young, in the city, and online: most Georgians use more than one social media platform

by Zachary Fabos

•2 min read

A CRRC Georgia survey found most Georgian respondents use more than one social media platform, with younger people and people living in cities using a greater variety of platforms. According to Georgia’s National Statistics Office, 96% of Georgia’s internet users use social media. While social media’s popularity in Georgia is clear, which platforms are most used and who uses the most platforms? According to the 2021 Caucasus Barometer survey, 68% of Georgians use the internet daily. The mo

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Datablog | Almost half of young Georgians are on TikTok

by Zachary Fabos

•3 min read

A CRRC analysis of Georgian social media use has found that while Facebook remains the most popular social network in the country, almost half of young Georgians are on TikTok, with men and members of ethnic minority groups more likely to use the app. Despite being a relative newcomer to the social media market, the popularity of TikTok, the short-form video sharing platform, is rapidly growing as a tool for accessing and engaging in entertainment and niche communities, especially among young

Leading figures from the ruling Georgian Dream party in October 2021. Photo: OC Media

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Datablog | What do non-partisans think of politicians and parties in Georgia?

by Zachary Fabos

•3 min read

A CRRC analysis found that, of the plurality of Georgians who do not feel any party aligns with their views, most dislike Georgia’s leading political figures and parties. Controversy over Georgia’s leading politicians’ actions and statements is commonplace. Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili’s recent statements on the war in Ukraine and the subsequent criticism surrounding it is just one recent example. Typically, an individual’s reaction to such controversy is connected to their politica

Protesters in Tbilisi on 9 March 2023. Photo: Tata Shoshiashvili/OC Media

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Datablog | Is Georgia’s Gen Z more politically engaged than young millennials?

by Zachary Fabos

•4 min read

Public discourse in Georgia has in recent months raised the idea that Georgia’s young people, and particularly Gen Z, are politically interested and active, particularly following the March foreign agent protests. CRRC data suggests that a majority of 18-29-year-old Georgians are politically engaged, although the older age bracket are somewhat more interested. In the conversation around Georgia’s foreign agent law protests, which took place in March, Gen Z — people born between the late 1990s

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