The rise of the right in Georgia
BBC, 25 Dec 2021
The Georgian government has been criticised by the West for "democratic backsliding" as well as for failing to protect minorities - after radicals attacked LGBT Pride earlier this year.
None of the organisers of the unrest have been prosecuted for the violence.
The government now says Georgia is on a pro-Western democratic path. Tiblisi has also firmly stated that it is no longer within Russia's sphere of influence, and has rejected a statement by Russia that NATO membership for Georgia would be a "red line" for Moscow, calling Russia's demand 'unacceptable'.
Georgia was once part of the Soviet Union but became an independent country in 1991. In 2003, during the so-called "Rose Revolution", a pro-Western president, Mikheil Saakashvili, swept to power.
The BBC's Rayhan Demytrie reports from Tbilisi.
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None of the organisers of the unrest have been prosecuted for the violence.
The government now says Georgia is on a pro-Western democratic path. Tiblisi has also firmly stated that it is no longer within Russia's sphere of influence, and has rejected a statement by Russia that NATO membership for Georgia would be a "red line" for Moscow, calling Russia's demand 'unacceptable'.
Georgia was once part of the Soviet Union but became an independent country in 1991. In 2003, during the so-called "Rose Revolution", a pro-Western president, Mikheil Saakashvili, swept to power.
The BBC's Rayhan Demytrie reports from Tbilisi.
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