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Opinion | Labelling Georgia’s far right ‘pro-Russian’ is reductionist and counterproductive

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‘March of Georgians’ in Tbilisi on 14 July 2017 (Luka Pertaia/OC Media)

Shota Kincha is OC Media’s staff writer.

Georgia’s liberal rights groups, neolib­er­al political parties, and their sup­port­ers in the media have con­sis­tent­ly tried to discredit neo-nation­al­ists by simply labelling them ‘pro-Russian’ — a misguided claim that only mirrors the opposite claim that rights groups follow an anti-Georgian ‘Soros agenda’. To address growing far-right author­i­tar­i­an­ism in Georgia, the under­ly­ing social and economic roots of the problem need to be addressed, as well as the legacy of author­i­tar­i­an­ism of the previous ruling class. [Read more…]

Georgian State Security Service issue warning to neo-Nazis

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Small groups neo-Nazis roamed central Tbilisi (Mari Nikuradze/OC Media)

Georgia’s State Security Service has warned a neo-Nazi group to abstain from using Nazi symbols in public. Small groups of neo-Nazis marched through Tbilisi several times last week, including on 17 May, Inter­na­tion­al Day Against Homo­pho­bia, giving Nazi salutes and chanting ‘death to the enemy’. [Read more…]

Georgian Church distance themselves from Neo-Nazi groups

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A priest attending counter-rally on Sunday (Mari Nikuradze /OC Media)

Georgia’s Orthodox Church distanced them­selves from neo-Nazi groups, at a press con­fer­ence at the Patri­ar­chate on Monday, according to Netgazeti. Announc­ing their plans for 17 May — Inter­na­tion­al Day Against Homo­pho­bia, Trans­pho­bia, and Biphobia — the Church urged any ‘aggres­sive’ groups to abstain from par­tic­i­pat­ing in events, and disavowed neo-Nazi group the Nation­al­ist Socialist Movement — National Unity of Georgia. [Read more…]

Anti-Orbán demonstrators face off with far-right in Tbilisi

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Anti-Orbán pro­test­ers in front of Courtyard Marriott Tbilisi where Orbán met Georgian PM (Luka Pertaia/ OC Media)

Both sup­port­ers and opponents of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán greeted the con­tro­ver­sial politi­cian with simul­ta­ne­ous demon­stra­tions on 21 April, during an official two-day visit to Tbilisi. [Read more…]

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