
Georgia’s Imedi TV switches website security to firm used by Russian Defence Ministry and Hamas
The switch appears to have taken place just as UK sanctions hit the media outlet.

The Georgian Government’s announcement on 28 November that they would not seek to open accession negotiations with the EU ‘until 2028’ has led to a crisis in the country.

The switch appears to have taken place just as UK sanctions hit the media outlet.

Georgia does not need to look to the past for a supposed golden age of judicial independence, but to instead focus on building something sustainable.

Leaders of Georgia’s ruling party strongly condemned the sanctions on Imedi and POSTV.

The ruling party equates what it calls ‘establishing the perception’ that the government is illegitimate with extremism.
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The maximum penalty is up to two years of imprisonment.
Freedom Square sees anti-government resistance as important, but not enough on its own.

Some of the politicians involved in the case are already serving sentences in other cases.