Giorgi Gabunia

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Georgia

Georgia urges international community to react to vulgar tirade against Putin on Rustavi 2

by OC Media

•3 min read

Georgia’s Foreign Ministry has called on the international community to ‘assess’ a vulgar rant against Russian President Vladimir Putin aired on opposition-leaning TV station Rustavi 2. On 7 July, Rustavi 2 anchor Giorgi Gabunia opened his weekly Postscriptum politics show with a minute-long profanity-laden tirade against the Russian president. ‘You’re a stinky occupier […] Go fuck yourself together with your slaves. Fuck your mummy. Oh, your mum is dead? Oh, it’s so sad; no way. Let her

Georgia

Georgian Church demands protection from journalists and condom company

by OC Media

•3 min read

The Georgian Orthodox Church has called on the government to ‘protect the religious feelings of believers’ after an on-air joke by Rustavi 2 anchor Giorgi Gabunia about Jesus Christ. Despite being reprimanded by the head of the channel, Gabunia has refused to apologise. On 20 March the Patriarchate of Georgia issued a statement claiming that ‘insulting religious feelings and profanity has intensified lately’. ‘We demand the government respond swiftly in order to relieve believers, whet

Bidzina Ivanishvili

Rustavi 2 journalists attacked by far-right group for joke about Jesus and Ivanishvili

by OC Media

•3 min read

Far-right group the March of Georgians attacked three journalists from Rustavi 2 on Monday afternoon in Tbilisi. The attack was in response to an on-air joke by anchor Giorgi Gabunia about former Georgian Prime Minister, billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, his tree-collecting hobby, and Jesus Christ. The Interior Ministry said they had arrested six people for hooliganism after the incident, and have launched an investigation into the attack. At around 16:30 Monday afternoon, dozens of member