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Alt Info leaders in Moscow. Photo via Netgazeti

Georgia

After long delays, Georgia registers far‑right, pro‑Russian Alt Info’s new political party

by Mikheil Gvadzabia

•4 min read

Rely on OC Media? We rely on you too. Amidst the current global turmoil, small news outlets like ours could be the first to close. Help us get off grants and become the first reader-funded news site in the Caucasus, and keep telling the stories that matter. Become a member The Public Registry of Georgia has registered a political party of the pro‑Russian, far‑right group Alt Info Georgia. The decision, finalised on Wednesday, was announced by the group whose previous party was dis

US Ambassador Robin Dunnigan and Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze. Official image.

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Kobakhidze says Washington was ‘influenced’ to sanction Georgian nationals

by OC Media

•3 min read

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has said that he believed US President Joe Biden’s administration was ‘influenced’ by ‘certain forces’ to impose sanctions on Georgian nationals, suggesting that American institutions needed ‘de-oligharchisation’. In a press briefing on Tuesday, Kobakhidze said that the decision to impose financial sanctions on four Georgian nationals, in addition to travel restrictions on over 60 others, was ‘frivolous and very sad’. He further suggested that the

Alt Info

US sanctions four Georgian security officials and far-right extremists for ‘serious human rights abuses’

by OC Media

•2 min read

Washington has imposed financial sanctions against security officials and the leaders of Alt Info for undermining and suppressing the freedom of peaceful assembly in Georgia. They have additionally imposed travel sanctions on 60 others, including senior government officials. On Monday, the US Department of Treasury sanctioned the chief of the Interior Ministry’s Special Task Department, Zviad (Khareba) Kharazishvili, and his deputy Mileri Lagazauri. They also sanctioned the extremist far-ri

Zurab Makharadze. Photo: Mariam Nikuradze/OC Media.

2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Georgia’s Alt Info to run in elections with Alliance of Patriots

by OC Media

•2 min read

The Georgian pro-Russian and far-right group, Alt Info, has announced they will run in the October parliamentary elections through the electoral list of the Alliance of Patriots — circumventing the authorities’ de-registering of their own political wing. Zurab Makhardze, one of Alt Info’s leaders, said they had reached an agreement with the pro-Russian and ultra-conservative Alliance of Patriots party on Monday. ‘The only chance for us to participate in the elections was [to join] a party

Several thousand people blocked the highway behind the Georgian Dream offices, after police blocked the area in front of it. Photo: Mariam Nikuradze/OC Media.

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Georgian far-right group ‘gifted’ new political party after being de-registered

by Mariam Nikuradze

•3 min read

The Georgian far-right group Alt Info has announced they have been given control of a previously unaffiliated far-right political party, a week after the authorities de-registered their own political wing. Several thousand supporters of Alt Info gathered outside the ruling Georgian Dream party’s offices on Saturday, less than a week after their own political party, the Conservative Movement, was de-registered by Georgian authorities on a technicality. Addressing his supporters, Alt Inf

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Political wing of Georgian far-right Alt Info group de-registered as party

by Shota Kincha

•2 min read

The political wing of the far-right and pro-Russian extremist group Alt Info, the Conservative Movement, has been de-registered by Georgian authorities. On Monday, Georgia’s National Agency of Public Registry cancelled the Conservative Movement’s registration on a technicality. According to registry records, the party’s conference failed to formalise the charter they renewed in December 2021, resulting in the revocation of their 7 December vote to register as a political party. The Public R

Beka Vardosanidze at a homophobic protest on 1 July 2021. Shota Kincha/OC Media.

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Far-right Georgian blogger questioned by security services over alleged bomb threats

by Tata Shoshiashvili

•2 min read

A far-right blogger and prominent supporter of the far-right Alt Info group has had his home searched and faced questioning by the Georgian State Security Services (SSG), over bomb threats apparently made earlier this year. Beka Vardosanidze fronts a Facebook blog under his name with 41,000 followers as well as a Telegram channel, BekaNews. He frequently promotes conspiracy theories and posts racist and homophobic content, as well as promoting the activities of the far-right Alt Info group.