Our writers
Nino Melikishvili
Nino is an investigative journalist from Georgia. Her professional interests include fake news, disinformation, and Abuse of power by government officials in Georgia and other post-soviet countries. She holds a Bachelors Degree in Journalism and Mass communication from Tbilisi State University and a Masters Degree in International Digital Journalism from the Universite Lumiere Lyon 2.
Nino Mzhavanadze
Nino is a Researcher at CRRC Georgia.
Nino Topchishvili
Nino Topchishvili is a junior research fellow at CRRC Georgia.
Nino Zubashvili
Nino Zubashvili is a researcher at CRRC Georgia.
Maia Nukri Tabidze
Nukri is an activist and researcher from Abkhazia living and working in Tbilisi. Their main research interests are sexuality, nationalism, social movements, and the economy.
Nutsa Metskhvarishvili
Nutsa is a Junior Fellow at CRRC Georgia.
Olga Kalina
Olga is an activist for the rights of people with disabilities and mental health issues from Georgia. After being diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in 2005, she now works for local rights groups, teaches mental health and disability rights at Ilia State University, as well as delivers training on the topic, including to police officers in Georgia.
Otto Saldadze
Otto is a Researcher at CRRC Georgia.
Paata Zakareishvili
Paata Zakareishvili served as Georgia’s State Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality (formerly the minister of reintegration) from 2012–2016.
Paul Vartan Sookiasian
Paul is a writer and editor based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Yerevan. He has worked in Armenia as the English language editor at CivilNet and as a project associate for USAID programmes. He is also a historian of Armenian immigration to the United States, especially regarding his hometown of Philadelphia.