Georgia: Russian Meddling, Ukraine and The People Protest #FPABriefings

Foreign Press Association USA

Georgia’s ruling party announced the withdrawal of the “foreign agent” bill from the parliament but implied that it will retry with a modified version that obscures its alleged origins in Moscow. Sadly, reminiscent of Ukraine ten years ago, Georgia’s rulers are attempting to disguise their dependence on Moscow-leaning oligarchs in the face of popular outrage. Tinatin Japaridze weighs the vectors of Russian pressure and majority Georgian support for independence and Ukraine. Georgian, educated in Moscow and the US, Tinatin is Special Advisor on Eurasian security at Eurasia Group. Her debut non-fiction book, Stalin’s Millennials: Nostalgia, Trauma, and Nationalism, was published to critical acclaim in March 2022 and was the subject of a prescient FPA briefing on the Putinesque mind set of Moscow. A forthcoming book on The Implications of Emerging Technologies in the Euro-Atlantic Space: Views from the Younger Generation Leaders Network (Palgrave Macmillan, April 2023) includes Tinatin's chapter on "Cyber Sovereignty: Should cyber borders replicate territorial borders?" - This briefing is made possible by the Foreign Press Foundation. Donate at foreignpressassociation.org/ways-to-support.html Become a member of the Foreign Press Association at foreignpressassociation.org/join-the-association1.html Follow us on social media: twitter.com/fpanewsusa facebook.com/fpanewyork instagram.com/fpanewyork youtube.com/c/foreignpressassociationusa linkedin.com/in/fpausa/