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For the first quarter of 2025, business confidence in Georgia decreased (by 8.8 index points) and reached -5.0. The negative change in was driven by decreased past performance as well as pessimistic expectations.
A first negative since COVID.
ISET study: iset-pi.ge/en/indexes/4...
A first negative since COVID.
ISET study: iset-pi.ge/en/indexes/4...
April 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
For the first quarter of 2025, business confidence in Georgia decreased (by 8.8 index points) and reached -5.0. The negative change in was driven by decreased past performance as well as pessimistic expectations.
A first negative since COVID.
ISET study: iset-pi.ge/en/indexes/4...
A first negative since COVID.
ISET study: iset-pi.ge/en/indexes/4...
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All this "fraud" and yet still not a single fraud charge filed.
April 10, 2025 at 4:03 AM
All this "fraud" and yet still not a single fraud charge filed.
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Says the guy who spent millions to elect a judge that will soon be the deciding vote on a case involving Tesla’s ability to sell cars in the state.
April 2, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Says the guy who spent millions to elect a judge that will soon be the deciding vote on a case involving Tesla’s ability to sell cars in the state.
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If these police officers who assaulted and even tortured opposition leader Elene Khoshtaria are sanctioned immediately, it will have palpable effects on the regime's security apparatus.
April 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
If these police officers who assaulted and even tortured opposition leader Elene Khoshtaria are sanctioned immediately, it will have palpable effects on the regime's security apparatus.
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One of the biggest problems on the internet today is equalisation. Our politics is falling off a cliff, but let’s give both sides. On the one hand, it’s bad to fall off a cliff. But on the other hand, surely there must be something good about falling off a cliff?
March 31, 2025 at 1:33 AM
One of the biggest problems on the internet today is equalisation. Our politics is falling off a cliff, but let’s give both sides. On the one hand, it’s bad to fall off a cliff. But on the other hand, surely there must be something good about falling off a cliff?
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Deciding to join the war on climate change, but on the side of climate change.
March 30, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Deciding to join the war on climate change, but on the side of climate change.
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Got my draft back for my documentary on the "Human Safari" in Kherson. No stream, checking for revisions. First film I've have made with a 100% original soundtrack, worked with folk and electronic musicians to get it right. Working on sound design has been really enjoyable🎵
March 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Got my draft back for my documentary on the "Human Safari" in Kherson. No stream, checking for revisions. First film I've have made with a 100% original soundtrack, worked with folk and electronic musicians to get it right. Working on sound design has been really enjoyable🎵
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In the Ukrainian city of Kherson there is a hunt for any signs of life. A "Human Safari" where grenade dropping and FPV drones attack soldiers, civilians, city workers, ambulance crews, all who found themselves on the city streets. I went to Kherson, to document these attacks.
Now free on Youtube!
Now free on Youtube!
March 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
In the Ukrainian city of Kherson there is a hunt for any signs of life. A "Human Safari" where grenade dropping and FPV drones attack soldiers, civilians, city workers, ambulance crews, all who found themselves on the city streets. I went to Kherson, to document these attacks.
Now free on Youtube!
Now free on Youtube!
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Since the Georgian Dream regime is now discussing basic truths like is Russia the aggressor or our poor victim and all that, and preparing to prosecute Georgians over Russia's invasion, more and more current and former military persons speak up.
March 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Since the Georgian Dream regime is now discussing basic truths like is Russia the aggressor or our poor victim and all that, and preparing to prosecute Georgians over Russia's invasion, more and more current and former military persons speak up.
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Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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RFE/RL has been my go-to platform to understand unfolding events in depth, and it was not even "woke" or "liberal," it was democratic where there's growing autocracy.
Now, instead of a ready big-picture insight, there will just be more of dry, grey news, without background.
Now, instead of a ready big-picture insight, there will just be more of dry, grey news, without background.
March 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
RFE/RL has been my go-to platform to understand unfolding events in depth, and it was not even "woke" or "liberal," it was democratic where there's growing autocracy.
Now, instead of a ready big-picture insight, there will just be more of dry, grey news, without background.
Now, instead of a ready big-picture insight, there will just be more of dry, grey news, without background.
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This is war on any dissent. They’ll force you to take a drug test, forge results, plant drugs, ban you from employment, confiscate your property, and go after anyone who’s in contact with you.
#terrorinGeorgia
#terrorinGeorgia
March 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This is war on any dissent. They’ll force you to take a drug test, forge results, plant drugs, ban you from employment, confiscate your property, and go after anyone who’s in contact with you.
#terrorinGeorgia
#terrorinGeorgia
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The regime has already announced “reforms” in universities that will purge everyone, erase entire faculties, and merge others into obedience. #terrorinGeorgia
March 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The regime has already announced “reforms” in universities that will purge everyone, erase entire faculties, and merge others into obedience. #terrorinGeorgia
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Right-wing populism in the 2020s is mostly about breaking norms. In the 2030s, it will be about exploiting those broken norms to entrench anti-democratic projects.
March 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Right-wing populism in the 2020s is mostly about breaking norms. In the 2030s, it will be about exploiting those broken norms to entrench anti-democratic projects.
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my breakdown
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGtO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGtO...
TRUMP-VANCE-ZELENSKY DIPLOMATIC CATASTROPHE
YouTube video by Vlad Vexler Chat
www.youtube.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:43 PM
my breakdown
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGtO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGtO...
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When democracies melt down their foreign policy melts down
February 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
When democracies melt down their foreign policy melts down
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Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
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Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)
America hurt itself badly today.
snyder.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
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Self-organized volunteers are saving lives in Guria since the regime simply neglected entire villages and towns in a snowfall.
Yet the regime is installing new cameras at the Heroes Square. Evidently, they found it hard to identify protesters there yesterday.
Priorities.
Yet the regime is installing new cameras at the Heroes Square. Evidently, they found it hard to identify protesters there yesterday.
Priorities.
February 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Self-organized volunteers are saving lives in Guria since the regime simply neglected entire villages and towns in a snowfall.
Yet the regime is installing new cameras at the Heroes Square. Evidently, they found it hard to identify protesters there yesterday.
Priorities.
Yet the regime is installing new cameras at the Heroes Square. Evidently, they found it hard to identify protesters there yesterday.
Priorities.
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Look at the people yesterday, on Day 90, and tell me how this ever-deepening crisis can have a resolution without new elections.
A dictatorship in Georgia would not be a clean and rapid affair. 1/
A dictatorship in Georgia would not be a clean and rapid affair. 1/
February 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Look at the people yesterday, on Day 90, and tell me how this ever-deepening crisis can have a resolution without new elections.
A dictatorship in Georgia would not be a clean and rapid affair. 1/
A dictatorship in Georgia would not be a clean and rapid affair. 1/
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One killed, two more wounded in separate incidents today. Non-protest-related attacks and even killings are almost a daily occurrence now. The “peace and stability” of the Georgian Dream regime. #terrorinGeorgia
February 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
One killed, two more wounded in separate incidents today. Non-protest-related attacks and even killings are almost a daily occurrence now. The “peace and stability” of the Georgian Dream regime. #terrorinGeorgia
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Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)
February 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)
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Having the right political views doesn’t make you a good person. This is a recent and fleeting belief - the world will be a better place when it fades.
February 22, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Having the right political views doesn’t make you a good person. This is a recent and fleeting belief - the world will be a better place when it fades.
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La Marseillaise is often performed at the #GeorgiaProtests on salamuri, a Georgian recorder.
Demanding new, free and fair elections and sanctions against violence, many see it as a tune of justice. 🇬🇪🇫🇷
Demanding new, free and fair elections and sanctions against violence, many see it as a tune of justice. 🇬🇪🇫🇷
February 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
La Marseillaise is often performed at the #GeorgiaProtests on salamuri, a Georgian recorder.
Demanding new, free and fair elections and sanctions against violence, many see it as a tune of justice. 🇬🇪🇫🇷
Demanding new, free and fair elections and sanctions against violence, many see it as a tune of justice. 🇬🇪🇫🇷