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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.

Alt Info

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

Alt Info

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.

Alt Info

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.

Alt Info

Georgian Government orders far-right group Alt Info to pay fine

by Tata Shoshiashvili

•2 min read

The Georgian far-right hate group, Alt Info, has begun collecting money to cover a ₾233,000 ($87,000) fine, purportedly imposed in 2022, after the Justice Ministry demanded payment within seven days. In a document purportedly from the Ministry of Justice’s National Enforcement Bureau released by Alt Info on Monday, the ministry appeared to have demanded that payment be made. The document, addressed to Alt Info’s political wing, the Conservative Movement, and dated 25 January, stated that the

A protester opens a bottle of champagne at the festival site. Photo: Mariam Nikuradze/OC Media

Alt Info

In pictures | Broken statues and stolen yoga mats: Georgia’s far right stop Pride Festival

by Mariam Nikuradze

•1 min read

On 8 July, several thousand far-right protesters stormed the venue of a queer pride festival set to be held on the outskirts of Tbilisi, forcing the event’s organisers to be evacuated and the event to be cancelled. People began to gather for the protest near the Vazha Pshavela metro station around noon, four hours before the festival was set to open. It was organised by the violent far-right group, Alt Info. Protesters blocked Vazha Pshavela Avenue, watched over by large numbers of police.

A group of striking miners from Chiatura outside the parliament building in Tbilisi. Photo: Mariam Nikuradze/OC Media.

Alt Info

Why the far right is trying to infiltrate a miners’ strike in Georgia

by Mariam Nikuradze

•7 min read

Manganese miners from the central Georgian town of Chiatura have for weeks been on strike over their working conditions. But since a portion of the strikers moved their protest to the capital Tbilisi, far-right figures have been seen attempting to ingratiate themselves into the protests, leaving the miners unsure who to trust. When several dozen striking miners and their supporters arrived in Tbilisi on 19 June, their intention was to bring wider attention to their cause. And the strike resona