Georhioa’s Maidan brewing
Mon 2:47 pm +01:00, 13 Mar 2023
Georgian Maidan: Fake it till you make it?NED is ready to crack skulls for Democracy in Georgia, but are Georgians?
Note from Edward: Your still-marooned-in-Tbilisi correspondent will be filing intermittent reports about the “situation” in Georgia. These reports will be paywalled as a Thank You to all of our devastatingly handsome & elegant & beguiling subscribers. If you enjoy Edward Slavsquat, and would like to receive hot scoops from Georgia, maybe it’s time to treat yourself to a paid subscription? You’ve been very hard on yourself recently and we all know you deserve a paid subscription to Edward Slavsquat. TBILISI, GEORGIA – After several days of completely organic protests in Tbilisi, on March 9 the ruling party in the land of Kartvelians, Georgian Dream, withdrew legislation that would have compelled foreign-funded media outlets and other paragons of virtue to register as “agents of foreign influence.” The US Embassy in Georgia celebrated the capitulation with a triumphant press release:
A day later, citing Georgian Dream’s incompatibility with “European values and principles,” a group of leading “civil society organizations” announced they were suspending cooperation with Georgia’s parliament on “open government” initiatives… Subscribe to Edward Slavsquat to read the rest.Become a paying subscriber of Edward Slavsquat to get access to this post and other subscriber-only content. A subscription gets you:
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