Georgia’s EU U-turn
Poland issues travel bans against Georgian law enforcement representatives
This appears to be the first time Poland has issued sanctions against any Georgian officials since the country’s EU U-turn in November 2024.
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Georgia
Polish Prime Minister announces ‘breaking up [of] Georgian gangs’ as 17 Georgians deported
Polish police have said that Georgians were responsible for 17% of all crimes committed by foreigners in Warsaw in 2024.
Armenia
Polish President Duda’s visit to Armenia sparks political tussle with Azerbaijan
The recent visit of Polish President Andrzej Duda to Armenia sparked a minor political crisis in Polish–Azerbaijani relations after Duda included a brief stop at an observation point of the EU Mission in Armenia. On Wednesday, Duda’s office shared news about the trip to the observation point, located in the village of Karki, noting that the deputy head of the mission is a Polish national, Marek Kuberski. The mission was established in February 2023 with a preliminary two-year timeline,
Chechnya
Ramzan Kadyrov: ‘where was Europe when we fought for independence?’
The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has hit back at the Polish Prime Minister’s suggestion that Chechnya ‘deserves independence’, accusing Europe of failing to support Chechens during their fight for independence during the 1990s. In a video on his Telegram channel on Sunday, Kadyrov claimed he was ‘an ardent Ichkerian’. ‘It was you who did not allow us to build our state’, he said. Kadyrov, along with his father, Akhmat Kadyrov, defected from the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria to Russia d
European Union
Opinion | Will Georgia follow Poland in the global right-wing revolution?
Many Georgians rushed to blame Russia’s interference for this week’s homophobic violence in Tbilisi. However, Poland’s democratic decline offers a better framework to understand what the future holds for Georgia. When a priest from the Ertatsminda Church, some 50 km west of Tbilisi, found out I was Polish, he became very enthusiastic. He told me he loved the Polish president, Andrzej Duda, for declaring that marriage was a union between man and woman, and for fighting against the ‘LGBT agend
Chechnya
Chechen blogger survives ‘assassination attempt’ in Europe
Tumso Abdurakhmanov, a prominent blogger and critic of Chechen head Ramzan Kadyrov, has reportedly survived an attempt on his life in his flat in a European city. Both he and his attacker remain in hospital. Abdurakhmanov, whose YouTube channel is followed by 260,000 people, is widely known for his harsh criticism of the Chechen authorities. In March 2019, the speaker of the Chechen Parliament, Magomed Daudov, declared a blood feud against him. Swedish-based organisation the Vayfond Ch
Feature Stories
Stuck between a rock and a hard place — the miners of Tkibuli
When an explosion in the Mindeli mine in the west-Georgian town of Tkibuli killed four and injured six, coal mining in the town briefly shut down. In the interim, some miners have sought work abroad, while others stayed to work for new owners. In either case, the miners found little respite. Khvicha Gabunia, 32, is an economist by training. Ten years ago, after failing to find a job in his field, he started working in the Mindeli mine — the only operating mine in Tkibuli, and its largest em
