🇬🇪 political party & movement exposing and combatting injustices and bringing citizens' needs to the forefront in Georgian politics. Member of
@CoalitionGEO
Bakhva Chikobava and Davit Gobejishvili 🇬🇪 Georgian heroes who lost their lives fighting against Russian occupiers in
#Ukraine
.
Glory to the heroes! 🇬🇪🇺🇦
Tbilisi today. No one is planning to go home.
Georgia’s shameful govt does not represent Georgian people.
We will always
#StandWithUkraine
- with everything we can.
💙💛
Our response to
#Russia
abolishing the visa regime for
#Georgia
and for lifting the ban on direct flights. You will never Russify this country again, even despite all your servants that currently plague 🇬🇪.
Yesterday two Georgian volunteers, Gia Beruashvili and Davit Ratiani, were killed while fighting against Russian occupiers in
#Ukraine
.
Glory to the heroes! 🇬🇪🇺🇦
#Russia
's Azimuth Airline is now authorized by the Georgian Dream government to perform charter flights to
#Georgia
from May 17. The GD underlines that Azimuth is not sanctioned per se, but nevertheless, none of the countries a 🇷🇺 airline operates in is an 🇪🇺 candidate. 1/3
🆘 Zelensky has recalled Ukraine's Ambassador to Georgia due to
@GovernmentGeo
's refusal to sanction Russia & their refusal to let an airplane full of Georgian volunteers fly to Ukraine.
This is beyond shameful!! We are not our government.
Georgia stands with Ukraine!
STATEMENT: We the parties Droa and
@GIRCHIMF
welcome the initiative of the President of 🇬🇪,
@Zourabichvili_S
, which envisages the agreement of parties on unified vision of reforms necessary for the opening of negotiations with 🇪🇺, and we sign the "Georgian Charter."
📷 Ezz Gaber
.
@Mikiashvili_M
to
@BBCNewshour
: "We are not planning on living with it [the Foreign Agents law, AKA the Russian law]." 🇬🇪🇪🇺
More at ,
26:30 to 30:00.
"The blood of children who died in Bucha is on this govt's hands!" -
@MariamSitchina4
, head of our Zugdidi office, poured red paint on the building of administration of state representative as a reaction to
@GovernmentGeo
helping 🇷🇺 smuggle weapons to its territory.
🆘 !!! To anyone in 🇬🇪 who is appalled by Putin’s attack on Ukraine:
We will gather in Republic Square in Tbilisi at 19:00 TODAY & form a human chain in solidarity with Ukraine & against the world’s evil dictator in the name of Putin.
#StandWithUkraine
!!!
Police using water cannon against peaceful demonstrator waving EU flag outside the Georgian Parliament protesting the adoption of the Russian-style anti-NGO law.
Georgian citizens are signing Ukrainian & Georgian flags outside of the Parliament of 🇬🇪 today.
The flags will be taken to Kyiv tomorrow by Droa’s members & given to Ukrainian MPs to express our full support & solidarity in light of Russian aggression.
#StandWithUkraine
Russia's land grab of Ukraine is an all too familiar story in 🇬🇪. Join us today at 17:00 (CET) to discuss the lessons Georgia can offer on what may happen next in 🇺🇦.
We will be joined by
@BKutelia
,
@DatoSiharulidze
,
@gvineria
(more TBD).
President of Moldova
@sandumaiamd
on Saakashvili's health:
"The reports about the deterioration of Saakashvili's health are shocking. I call on our Georgian partners to provide the former president with appropriate medical treatment and to support his recovery process."
Georgian citizens, opposition parites & civil society organizations standing together for Ukraine!
In front of the Chancellery of the Government of Georgia.
#StandWithUkraine
.
@Helenkhosh
leaves the Parliament after 17 days of a hunger-strike & is now being transferred to a hospital for recovery.
Supporters outside are chanting “thank you!”
@Helenkhosh
❤️
27-year-old Georgian fighter Tato Bigvava died in Azovstal in
#Ukraine
. He has been enlisted in the Azov Battalion since 2014. A month ago,
@ZelenskyyUa
awarded him for his courage.
Glory to the heroes! 🇬🇪🇺🇦
Happening now: tens of thousands of 🇬🇪 have gathered on this day at the 🇺🇦 solidarity rally in Tbilisi. The rally also aims to support the 🇬🇪 fighters in
#Ukraine
, demonstrates the unwavering belonging of the people of 🇬🇪 in the democratic Western world. More people are coming!
We are very saddened to hear that Mikheil Kaplanishvili (on the right) has fallen heroically in
#Ukraine
. ‘Misha Kaplan’ was an active advocate of democratization in
#Georgia
. He died for Georgia and Ukraine for our common cause. Glory to heroes! 🇺🇦🇬🇪 Photo: liberated Kupyansk
Ambassador of Ukraine to Georgia Ihor Dolhov honored the memory of Georgian heroes, Gia Beriashvili and Davit Ratiani, who lost their lives fighting in
#Ukraine
. 🇬🇪🇺🇦
The opposition’s now united more than ever. No person hurt or arrested will be left without appropriate care and support, in cooperation with lawyers and NGOs. We will not rest until we free this country.
#NoToRussianLaw
#Georgia
#TbilisiProtests
Rustaveli avenue full again this evening to protest the
#Russia
flights, Sergey Lavrov’s sanction daughter in
#Georgia
, and general Russification policy of the Georgian Dream government. 🇬🇪
We the 7 pro-Western parties state GD's latest hints on possibly making some changes to the Russian law is a cosmetic sham attempt to trick the population and our foreign partners. We reiterate the law must be withdrawn fully and unconditionally.
#GeorgiaProtests
#NoToRussianLaw
Georgia’s Prime Minister is on TV right now blaming 🇬🇪 for the 2008 war & claiming sanctions against 🇷🇺 are not effective.
Putin speaking from his puppet
@GharibashviliGe
’s mouth.
Two of Droa members, Shushana Matsaberidze and Tata Khundadze, were arrested, among others, at the protest at the Tbilisi Airport against the direct
#Russia
flights to
#Georgia
. The first one landed a while ago, causing clashes with the police.
#NoToRussianFlights
🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺
This morning Droa joined the protest held in Batumi against Russian aggression together with Russians, Ukrainians and Belarussians living in 🇬🇪.
#StandWithUkraine
#RussiaIsAnOccupier
Today in Tbilisi, Batumi, Zugdidi, Samtredia, and Poti we are honoring the memory of Georgian volunteers, Gia Beruashvili and Davit Ratiani, who died while fighting against Russian occupiers in
#Ukraine
. 🇬🇪🇺🇦
Standing together with Ukrainians in Georgia for Russia shame day.
Ukraine will win this war against Russian fascism!
Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the heroes!
The situation in
#NinotsmindaOrphanage
goes beyond any international norm-children are locked up in an orphanage controlled by the Orthodox Church of 🇬🇪 where violations of abuse have been reported. Yet the Public Defender isn't allowed inside&the govt claims everything is fine.
Ukrainian anthem playing in front of the Parliament of 🇬🇪 following President Zelenskyy’s address to the Georgian people. Zelenskyy pledged Ukraine’s full support to Georgian people in their Euro-Atlantic path!
Thank you, 🇺🇦! Glory to Ukraine!
Georgian people will make Putin hear our response to his aggression in Ukraine loud and clear this Saturday.
We have never accepted Russian occupation & aggression and don't plan to do so anytime soon.
Join us if you're in Tbilisi.
#StandWithUkraine
.
August 7th marks the 14th year anniversary of 🇷🇺’s invasion of 🇬🇪. To this day, 20% of 🇬🇪 remains occupied, w/ the creeping border moving closer everyday.
Together with our 🇺🇦 brothers, we will not stop fighting until 🇷🇺 pays price for its war crimes!
#russiaisaterrorisstate
We call on the
@GovernmentGeo
to join the EU & the US in imposing sanctions on 🇷🇺 given its aggression in 🇺🇦.
🇬🇪 knows what 🇷🇺-n aggression is like all too well. We find it crucial that our govt makes this clear w/ sanctions & clear support for 🇺🇦.
#SanctionRussiaNow
“We will return.” Today marks 30 years since the capture of Sokhumi by
#Russia
|n-backed separatists in Abkhazia. The war resulted in the ethnic cleansing and genocide of
#Georgia
|ns in Abkhazia, a plurality of the pre-war population of Abkhazia.
#RussiaisATerroistState
Our statement regarding Ukraine: Droa will actively work w/ civic society & other pro-Western parties to support 🇺🇦 against 🇷🇺n aggression. Our silence on the issue of 🇺🇦 means that when 🇷🇺 decides to yet again use force against 🇬🇪, we'll be alone in the face of 🇷🇺n occupation.
The police broke
@Helenkhosh
's foot while arresting activists for absolutely no reason at a 🇺🇦 solidarity/anti-🇷🇺 rally in 🇬🇪 2 days ago.
A day before, she was arrested !twice for protesting
@GovernmentGeo
opening its market to 🇷🇺 products.
Pretty clear where the govt. stands.
15 years since
#Russia
's full-scale invasion of
#Georgia
, the first conventional war in Europe in the 21st century. Creeping occupation and kidnappings continue.
🇬🇪ns will not give up on their future. 🇬🇪 will be united and free.
🇷🇺 will be defeated.
Glory to the heroes! 🇬🇪🇺🇦
The arrest of Droa member Shushana Matsaberidze as she protested Sergey Lavrov’s daughter having fun at a wedding in
#Georgia
. Arrested twice in two days for protesting the Russification of 🇬🇪 by the Georgian Dream government. Mass beatings and arrests by special forces.
Today at 20:00 we’ll gather in front of the Parliament of 🇬🇪 after yesterday’s horrific attack on
#TbilisiPride21
- for freedom, for tolerance, for solidarity & for a Georgia that is not dominated by hate & violence!
“I cannot tell my grandfather, who was executed in 1938, that 80 years later, I was too lazy to fight for this country’s freedom.”
Hear
@Helenkhosh
’s speech (w/English subs) on why
#GVote21
is decisive for 🇬🇪’s survival as a state.
Georgian citizens’ (including pol. party representatives) have gathered in front of the Parliament of 🇬🇪 to sign a petition in support of Ukraine’s sovereignty & territorial integrity prepared by Droa.
#StandWithUkraine
Today marks the 14 year anniversary of the Shindisi battle - a day during 🇷🇺’s war on 🇬🇪 when 17 Georgian heroes were killed when coming face to face with the Russian army.
Despite being outnumbered, the 🇬🇪 soldiers did not give in & sacrificed their lives for 🇬🇪’s freedom.
🆘 Another step towards totalitarianism in Georgia- history books in 🇬🇪n public schools now include a section about “philantropist” Bidzina Ivanishvili who “deepened Georgia’s integraton towards the EU”
We will not let this go - protests will take different forms!
"I do think we made a lot of mistakes with 🇬🇪 because there was too much of an assessment that this was all because of
@SaakashviliM
... there was a kind of feeling this was personal, even though it was apparent that it wasn't," - Fiona Hill, a former official at
@WHNSC
.
.
@Girchi_GE
’s Tsotne Koberidze was arrested in Batumi for calling
@GharibashviliGe
Bidzina’s puppet.
He wasn’t even arrested by the Police but by the State Security Service employees.
Shame!
Droa's delegation in Ukraine met w/
@GoncharenkoUa
. We discussed how Georgia could help Ukraine, and the ways our cooperation could protect the Euro-Atlantic interests of both countries.
#StandWithUkraine
A meeting with the Georgian-Ukrainian friendship group took place at the Rada committee building. It was attended by members of the parties Droa,
@LeloForGeorgia
and
@UNMGeorgia
.
#StandWithUkraine
Court has ruled in favor of having all children in
#NinotsmindaOrphanage
- where horrendous violations have been reported - leave as soon as possible!! Thank you to everyone who raised the issue here & most importantly to human rights advocates&activists who fought relentlessly🙏
Droa ended up with 2.15% vote in Tbilisi - not enough to enter the City Hall, but very promising for a party w/ limited resources thats just getting started & with elections that were far from democratic standards.
Thanks to everyone here for their support!☺️
#GVote21
Two Georgians, Davit Ratiani and Gia Beriashvili lost their lives fighting for all of our freedom. Today in Tbilisi and other cities we are honoring their memory. Here’s a short recollection of them by a Ukrainian fighting alongside them:
13 years ago today, Russia invaded Georgia - leading to a tragic 5-day war that cost people their homes, lives, and loved ones. 13 years onwards, 20% of Georgia remains occupied by Russia, with the border creeping closer every day.
#RussiaIsAnOccupier
& we will never accept it!
.
@GharibashviliGe
finally broke his silence on the 🇷🇺n aggression in 🇺🇦 just to state that "🇬🇪, considering our national interests, won't participate in financial&economic sanctions." He shamefully added that opposition's aim is to repeat the tragedy they couldn't avoid in 2008.
Crowd gathering in front of the Parliament of 🇬🇪 with concrete demands - resignation of PM
@GharibashviliGe
& punishment and accountability for all those responsible for this horrific day.
We just held a protest outside of the Ministry of Justice of 🇬🇪 with mineral supplements laying on a table that says “Revolution.”
We encourage the Minister of Justice & other govt employees to live off it for just a week & then judge whether its a hunger strike or not.
GD tried to impeach the opposition Chair and other officials of Zugdidi Municipal Assembly. As true autocrats, they can't forgive that despite heavy manipulations in 2021 local elections, they lost in just a few places. The session was cancelled amid "No to the Russian regime!"
The gov’t of
#Georgia
wrote a FB post about the anniversary of the Soviet 🇷🇺 occupation of 🇬🇪 without mentioning 🇷🇺, the Soviets, the red army, or even “invasion,” instead referring to the “tragedy” that befell 🇬🇪. We are wondering, was the “tragedy” an earthquake or something?
While the entire free world has condemned 🇷🇺’s 2008 war in 🇬🇪, founder of Georgia’s ruling
@GeorgianDream41
party has systematically blamed the war on 🇬🇪
2011:“Saakashvili resorted to the most thoughtless,inadequate actions and started bombing Tskhinvali.”
#SanctionIvanishvili
Incredible Georgian people who understand that friends must be supported! 🇬🇪🇺🇦 Grateful to everyone in Tbilisi and other cities who came out in support of Ukraine and against the war. Indeed, there are times when citizens are not the Government, but better the Government.
Journalists overtake the stage during the
@GovernmentGeo
’s Coordination Council briefing with pictures of Lekso Lashkarava.
“Irakli Gharibashvili must resign”
Hundreds of Georgians created a human corridor at the Tbilisi Airport to pay respect to the 🇬🇪 volunteers that were killed fighting for Ukraine’s freedom.
They were brought back to Tbilisi last night.
Glory to the heroes!
.
@Helenkhosh
and other members of Droa have arrived to Kyiv to express their full support and solidarity to Ukraine in light of Russia's ongoing aggression.
#StandWithUkraine
We are delighted to have been accepted by ALDE as an affiliate member. There is much to do for Georgia in the EU and for Europe whole, free, and at peace. Here we begin! 🇬🇪🇪🇺
We are delighted to announce that distinguished diplomat and politician
@AlPetriashvili
, former State Minister on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, has joined our party Droa team, and by extension our joint platform with Girchi-More Freedom.
Together for 🇬🇪🇪🇺!
Droa’s Kakheti office is currently holding a rally in support of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. Georgia stands with
#Ukraine
🇺🇦🇬🇪
#СлаваУкраїні
Tonight 🇬🇪 will send its support to Ukraine with what we know best - music. A solidarity concert will be held by Nino Katamadze and Nikoloz Rachveli at 23:00 at Freedom Square.
Georgia stands with Ukraine.
#StandWithUkraine
Georgia today.
Thousands of citizens gathered in Republic Square to sign the EU flag & express their unwavering support for the European Union.
For almost a decade, over 80% of the public has supported Georgia’s integration in the European Union.
Several minutes ago, about 35 law enforcers removed a protest banner from Droa's Zugdidi office that read "Gharibashvili, Иди на хуй!"
@MariamSitchina4
, the head of Droa's Zugdidi office, displayed the banner after
@GharibashviliGe
's statements today.
"We know maybe the best what 🇺🇦 is going through now. We know that 🇺🇦 is not only fighting for 🇺🇦. It's fighting for 🇬🇪 and it's fighting for peace all over the world," said
@Helenkhosh
when addressing the rally in support of
#Ukraine
today in Paris - Place de la République.
The rally in front of the Parliament of 🇬🇪 has started.
Gharibashvili’s
@GovernmentGeo
has until midnight to resign & accept a technocratic govt of national consent that will fulfill all EU commission’s recommendations to grant 🇬🇪 EU candidate status.
April 9 is approaching. It's the day that brought both sacrifice and freedom, the day when the evil empire was defeated. Let's stand together & say that 🇬🇪 is & will be a free, peaceful, united & dignified country. We are gathering on April 9 at 4 PM in front of the parliament.
18 years ago today, with their unity, peacefulness and uncompromising battle, the 🇬🇪-n people took one of the greatest steps in building a free & independent nation-state.
The Rose Revolution set an example for the entire region. Its core values need extra protection today.
🌹