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Russian Activist Anton Chechin Sentenced to 8.5 Years on Drug Charges in Tbilisi Court
The Messenger
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By Liza Mchedlidze Wednesday, September 3, 2025 Russian activist Anton Chechin was sentenced to eight years and six months in prison on September 2 after Tbilisi City Court found him guilty of possessing a large quantity of narcotics, in what his...
Georgian Dream Presents Report Labeling Rose Revolution a Coup, Calls to Ban UNM
The Messenger
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By Liza Mchedlidze Wednesday, September 3, 2025 Georgian Dream MP Tea Tsulukiani on September 2 presented a 470-page report by the ruling party's parliamentary investigative commission, which portrays the 2003 Rose Revolution as "a coup" and...
They fantasized about a 'fortress of Christianity'. Now US expats in Russia reveal harrowing details of their new lives... and what they're forced to do
Daily Mail
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September 3, 2025
When Derek Huffman packed up his Arizona home last year and boarded a plane to Russia with his wife DeAnna and three of their six children, he believed he was escaping a crumbling America for a brighter, safer future. On YouTube, where the family...
Georgia hands down sentences to protesters. Russian citizen jailed for 8 years and 6 months
JAMnews
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September 2, 2025
Sentences for political prisoners in Georgia Judge Tamar Mchedlishvili sentenced eight people detained during the pro-European protests to prison terms. Three were given two years and six months, while five received two years. Russian citizen...
Memphis vs. Georgia State: 3 Things to Watch For
On3
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September 2, 2025
The Memphis Tigers (1-0) will travel to Atlanta to take on the Georgia State Panthers (0-1) this Saturday, Sep. 6 at 6 pm CDT (ESPN+). The Tigers are coming off a 45-10 win over Chattanooga, while the Panthers lost 63-7 to Ole Miss in their season...
The Rock's New Movie Is So Good It Got People To Clap For 15 Minutes (Which Is Way Too Much Clapping)
OutKick - Tennessee
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September 2, 2025
People might leave that theater looking like they just pulled their hands out of a blender PublishedSeptember 2, 2025 5:45 PM EDT•UpdatedSeptember 2, 2025 5:33 PM EDT Facebook Twitter Email Copy Link Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson — I like to include...
Tbilisi introduces European Youth Card program for young people
Georgia Today
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September 2, 2025
Starting this autumn, young people in Tbilisi aged 18 to 30 will be able to benefit from the European Youth Card, giving them access to over 25,000 discounts across 40 countries and joining a network of 9.3 million cardholders. The program was...
Tbilisi Court cancels pre-trial detention for former fund director in illegal border crossing case
Georgia Today
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September 2, 2025
The Tbilisi City Court, presided over by Judge Jvebe Nachkebia, has canceled the pre-trial detention of Giorgi Bachishvili, former General Director of the “Co-Investment Fund,” in connection with charges of illegally crossing Georgia’s state...
Russian state Max messenger mandatory across all devices
BNE Intellinews
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As of September 1, the Max messenger of state-controlled internet major VK is legally prerequired to be preinstalled on every smartphone and tablet sold in Russia, as well as be featured mandatory on the Russian app store RuStore, including on...
Archaeologists Find Traces of Indigo Dye on 34,000-Year-Old Grinding Tools from Georgia
Sci-News
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September 2, 2025
Archaeologists from the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and elsewhere have found traces of indigotin — a blue secondary compound, also known as indigo — on unknapped ground stone tools recovered from Dzudzuana Cave, located in the foothills of...
Report published by Georgian parliament commission on Saakashvili government’s actions
JAMnews
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September 2, 2025
Report of the Georgian parliament commission The report was presented by the head of the commission, Tea Tsulukiani, deputy speaker of parliament from the ruling Georgian Dream party. In her presentation she said that in 2008 the Georgian army had...
Georgia summons heads of NGOs over alleged sabotage case
Open Caucasus Media
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September 2, 2025
The Caucasus is changing — so are we. The future of journalism in the region is grim. Independent voices are under threat — and we’re responding by building a newsroom powered by our readers. Join our community and help push back against the...
Persepolis, the Resonance of Armenian Music and Iranian History
Aravot
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Persepolis, the symbol of Achaemenid grandeur and one of humanity’s greatest historical legacies, once again becomes a stage for the resonance of music—this time with the presence of the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra. This event not...
Russia, the Council of Europe and the European Convention on Human Rights: A Troubled Membership and Its Legacy
EJIL: Talk!
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September 2, 2025
We are delighted that EJIL:Talk! is convening a symposium on our co-authored book published under the above title, by Bristol University Press earlier this year. This opportunity arises at a particularly poignant moment given the recent judgment...
Georgia Satellites
Armada International
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September 2, 2025
In July Finland’s CheckFirst research group published a new report on the signals intelligence capabilities of Russia’s FSB intelligence service. CheckFirst’s Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) report specifically focused on the FSB’s 16th Centre...
Investigative Commission: Georgia's territorial integrity was violated in 2019 as a result of Giorgi Gakharia's unilateral decision to erect a checkpoint in the village of Chorchana
Inter Press News
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As revealed by the work of the investigative commission, in the period following the August 2008 war, the territorial integrity of Georgia was violated in 2019 as a result of the unilateral decision made by the Minister of Internal Affairs Giorgi...
Georgia Trend Daily – Sept. 2, 2025
Georgia Trend
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September 2, 2025
Sept. 2, 2025 Valdosta Daily Times Staff reports that EnergyTek Corporation is planning to invest at least $275 million in establishing new manufacturing operations in Moultrie, according to an announcement released Friday by the Georgia...
Russian detained during Georgia’s EU U-turn protests sentenced to 8.5 years on ‘drug charges’
Open Caucasus Media
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September 2, 2025
The Caucasus is changing — so are we. The future of journalism in the region is grim. Independent voices are under threat — and we’re responding by building a newsroom powered by our readers. Join our community and help push back against the...
‘Let the regime fear mothers!’ — Defiant scenes as Georgia sentences 8 protesters
Open Caucasus Media
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September 2, 2025
The Caucasus is changing — so are we. The future of journalism in the region is grim. Independent voices are under threat — and we’re responding by building a newsroom powered by our readers. Join our community and help push back against the...
Opposition leader Gakharia has ‘no plans’ to return to Georgia
Open Caucasus Media
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September 2, 2025
The Caucasus is changing — so are we. The future of journalism in the region is grim. Independent voices are under threat — and we’re responding by building a newsroom powered by our readers. Join our community and help push back against the...