Huge Protests Sweep Across Tbilisi

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We speak to investigative researcher Misha Vandelune about new war crimes dealt out by the junta in Myanmar. Warning, this episode is incredibly graphic and brutal. Not for the faint of heart. No ads and all exclusives: patreon.com/popularfront Discounted 50% off the best interne ...  Show more

Mikheil Saakashvili, a former president, is seven weeks into a hunger strike and protests supporting him are proliferating. We ask where the country is headed. China’s state-sponsored industrial espionage is growing <a href="https://www.economist.com/china/2021/11/11/china-sti ...

Georgia's future is hanging in the balance. The former Soviet republic has seen mass protests for weeks, coming to a head today as riot police clashed with pro-European demonstrators after its parliament passed a controversial "foreign agents" bill which critics say mirrors a law ...  Show more

The introduction laws cracking down on supposed foreign agents has become a common tactic for autocratic leaders. Activists in Georgia, who oppose the introduction of such a law, refer to theirs as “the Russian law”. They see it as moving their country closer to Putin, and awa ...