After the Revolution

Acting president of Georgian Public Broadcasting, Nino Burjanadze, agreed Jan. 15 to dissolve and reform the GPB board of trustees using input from both the government and the opposition. The opposition has complained that only media sympathetic to the government remains since the forced and then voluntary closure of opposition station Imedi TV.
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“It’s only in Georgia that I’m this lovely old man, this grandfather figure. If they want to really know my background, they should ask in Russia — they know me differently there.”
This is the quote an article at Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty used to introduce Badri Patarkatsishvili — a billionaire with a white […]

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According to an article posted at Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, democracy activist Edil Baisalov has fled to Kazakhstan after being attacked by unknown assailants. Rumor has it that he has been seeking asylum in neighboring countries, but according to the article, he denies this claim.
Baisalov, called “a respected human rights defender and champion […]

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Between 2003 and 2005, Georgia, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan all overthrew their leaders with mass protests held after disputed elections. These movements were some of the most recent in a wave of mostly non-violent revolutions in post-communist societies in Europe and Asia. They have been collectively called color or flower revolutions after the symbols protesters chose […]

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