Tea Tsulukiani

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Tea Tsulukiani. Screengrab from an official video.

Georgia

Georgian Dream MP Tsulukiani threatens legal action over rumours of ‘second marriage’

by Mikheil Gvadzabia

•2 min read

Tea Tsulukiani, a prominent MP from the ruling Georgian Dream party, has threatened legal action against anyone spreading rumours about her ‘second marriage’. Tsulukiani already has a history of filing complaints and issuing legal threats against critics. Tsulukiani, who served as Justice Minister from 2012 to 2020 and Culture Minister from 2021 to 2024, posted the warning on Facebook on Wednesday. ‘All those who for the past two days have been spreading filth (claiming I remarried and violati

Chair of the parliamentary commission Tea Tsulukiani. Screengrab from official video.

Georgia

Georgian Dream’s anti-opposition parliamentary commission ends work

by Mikheil Gvadzabia

•3 min read

The parliamentary commission formed by the ruling Georgian Dream party to target and ban the opposition groups concluded its work on Monday. Eight current and former opposition figures are serving months-long sentences for boycotting the commission. At the end of its work, the commission approved a final report which, according to its chair Tea Tsulukiani, consisted of 430 pages. She said the document would likely be made public in September, after it is presented to parliament. The commission

Denis Kulanin in court. Photo: Nini Kikvadze/Publika.

Georgia

Russian activist sentenced to two years in jail in Georgia for ‘damaging police car’ during protests

by Mariam Nikuradze

•4 min read

Denis Kulanin was arrested in March after taking part in an anti-government protest.

Giorgi Gakharia during the commision hearing. Screengrab from official video.

Georgia

Gakharia appears before anti-UNM commission, grilled by ex-colleagues over his once-praised tenure

by Mikheil Gvadzabia

•7 min read

It was unclear until the last moment whether Giorgi Gakharia would even attend the commission’s hearing.

Georgia

Kobakhidze claims August 2008 war was ‘started by Saakashvili’s regime’

by OC Media

•3 min read

Kobakhidze was responding to a statement made by Tsulukiani, who called the death of soldier Antsukhelidze a ‘senseless victim of someone’s PR’.

A protester holds a handwritten sign reading ‘Antsukhelidze is immortal’ during a protest on 28 March. Photo: Mariam Nikuradze/OC Media.

Georgia

Georgian Dream’s questioning of military officials over August 2008 War sparks outrage

by Mikheil Gvadzabia

•5 min read

Georgian Dream repeatedly claimed that former President Mikheil Saakashvili’s government started the war.

Georgia’s Culture Minister, Tea Tsulukiani, in a 13 December interview on pro-government channel TV Imedi. Screengrab from the video.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

Tsulukiani accuses filmmakers of ‘scamming’ Film Centre

by OC Media

•3 min read

Georgia’s Culture Minister, Tea Tsulukiani, has criticised a director for allegedly changing the plot of a documentary funded by the government-run Georgian Film Centre, making the film critical of the ruling party’s founder. The documentary, titled ‘Magic Mountain’, tells the story of a tuberculosis clinic in Abastumani, southern Georgia, and its patients. In 2019, a company associated with the billionaire founder of Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party, Bidzina Ivanishvili, bought the terri