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TexasTowelie

(116,837 posts) Fri May 3, 2024, 11:55 PM May 2024

Georgia's President Salome Zourabichvili sees future of Europe at stake with divisive law - DW News

Thousands of people in Georgia have been taking to the streets for weeks, protesting a bill that could threaten media freedom - and even derail the country's hopes of joining the European Union. Protesters oppose what many have dubbed a "Russian law" – as Moscow uses similar legislation to curb independent news organisations and groups critical of the Kremlin. The European Union and the United States have urged Georgia to drop the legislation. But the country's prime minister has rejected US criticism, saying its meddling has fueled the sometimes-violent protests. DW spoke to Salome Zourabichvili, the President of Georgia, who says the problem is not just the Russian law itself, but the pro-Russian stance of Georgia’s current government.

00:00 Intro & Interview Salome Zourabichvili, Georgian President

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Georgia's President Salome Zourabichvili sees future of Europe at stake with divisive law - DW News (Original Post) TexasTowelie May 2024 OP

BFD here for Ukraine. Georgian forces are the largest group of foreign boots helping Ukraine against a common enemy Cheezoholic May 2024 #1

Georgia, like Ukraine, Poland, the Baltic states, and Moldova, knows what Russia is like tornado34jh May 2024 #2

Cheezoholic

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1. BFD here for Ukraine. Georgian forces are the largest group of foreign boots helping Ukraine against a common enemy

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Sat May 4, 2024, 12:21 AM

May 2024

The pro Moscow coalition in Georgia's government's days may be numbered. Another stick up Putins ass in the works.

tornado34jh

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2. Georgia, like Ukraine, Poland, the Baltic states, and Moldova, knows what Russia is like

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Sat May 4, 2024, 02:46 AM

May 2024

It fact, it was the first post-Soviet country to have it's territory taken by Russia (via separatists in Abkhazia and South Ossetia). So most Georgians know what it is at stake here. They know if Ukraine falls, and/or a pro-Moscow government forms, they are likely to be next.

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