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Ian Kelly

@ikelly731

3 years

If Georgia is any indicator, Russia will not respect any agreement to withdraw from Ukraine. They signed an EU peace agreement in 2008 agreeing to withdraw, and 14 years later, they still occupy 20% of Georgia.

Northwestern Sources

@NUSources

3 years

Is there a chance for a peaceful settlement between #Ukraine and #Russia ? Former U.S. Ambassador to Georgia & OSCE @ikelly731 spoke earlier with BBC’s @luxmy_g about the ongoing talks between the sides. Watch:

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How many red lines does this govt have to cross before the U.S. condemns it and imposes costs against it??? @StateEUR @StateDeptSpox

Formula NEWS | English

@FormulaGe

6 months

Police without identification tags are seen beating peaceful demonstrators. ©️ MtavariTV

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@ikelly731

10 months

What a beautiful sight on this Christmas morning

Sytheruk 🇬🇧 🇺🇦

@SythUK

10 months

F-16’s are in Ukraine! 🇺🇦 ✈️ 🔥 👀

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@ikelly731

1 year

Congratulations, people of Georgia! Your place is in the West!

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@ikelly731

3 years

To cancel flights to Kyiv and not to Moscow is shameful.

Oleksii MAKEIEV 🇺🇦

@Makeiev

3 years

As your customer and Ukraine’s official I expect @lufthansa to explain to the passengers the reasons. It would be great to find in your explanations words “Russian threats to invade Ukraine”. Would you also cut your flights to Moscow?

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Ian Kelly

@ikelly731

6 months

Stay strong but safe, Georgia. Your many friends are watching.

Katie Shoshiashvili

@KShoshiashvili

6 months

Situation at Rustaveli is tense. Riot police used pepper spray against the protesters. Earlier at 0030 Tbilisi time Public defender called the police not to use forces against the peaceful protesters. People in Georgia 🇬🇪continue protesting Russian law.

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@ikelly731

7 months

Stay strong and safe, Georgia

Eka Gigauri

@ekagigauri_

7 months

Demonstration in Tbilisi against the Russia style Foreign Agents’s Law

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Ian Kelly

@ikelly731

3 years

Survived Hitler, murdered by Putin.

Dmytro Kuleba

@DmytroKuleba

3 years

Borys Romanchenko, 96, survived four Nazi concentration camps: Buchenwald, Peenemünde, Mittelbau-Dora, Bergen-Belsen. He lived his quiet life in Kharkiv until recently. Last Friday a Russian bomb hit his house and killed him. Unspeakable crime. Survived Hitler, murdered by Putin.

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3 years

Bravo.

Gvanca Kikabidze

@GvancaKikabidz1

3 years

@ikelly731 This is Georgia (day 6) not our collaborationist government. #SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦🇬🇪

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@ikelly731

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David Kramer and I argue that the U.S. must act now to stop Georgia's anti-democratic slide.

To prevent Georgia going down Putin’s path, sanction the country’s Russian puppets

Western governments have been far too passive for far too long, as Georgian Dream has moved the country in a nondemocratic direction closer to Russia.

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@ikelly731

4 months

CONGRATULATIONS GEORGIA!!!! გილოცავ!

UEFA EURO 2024

@EURO2024

4 months

Mamardashvili 🚫 #EURO2024 | #GEOPOR

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@ikelly731

5 years

Pompeo’s fatal mistake. Among all living present and past FSOs, no one is held in higher regard than Bill Burns.

Glenn Kessler

@GlennKesslerWP

5 years

If Pompeo ever wanted to get more hated within @StateDept this line to @GStephanopoulos today is certainly going to do it: "I think Bill Burns must be auditioning to be Elizabeth Warren's secretary of state." (Burns is a revered former career official who served under Ds and Rs)

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@ikelly731

3 years

“Countries choose NATO; NATO does not choose them. If Russia has concerns about the enlargement, it should perhaps ask itself why, when people were free to choose, they chose NATO.”

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@ikelly731

4 years

This is disturbing.

Formula NEWS | English

@FormulaGe

4 years

Veteran #Putin propagandist landed in #Tbilisi today by charter flight & 30 friends to celebrate birthday, sparking discontent in #Georgia Mr #Pozner has backed #RussianOccupation of #Abkhazia & S.Ossetia as well as annexation of #Crimea & #RussianAggression in #Ukraine

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@ikelly731

3 years

Just say yes.

U.S. Commission Urges Biden to Designate Ukraine, Georgia as Major Non-NATO Allies

The move would facilitate military and economic support for Kyiv as it battles a brutal Russian offensive.

foreignpolicy.com

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Ian Kelly

@ikelly731

3 years

Just take him to a damn civilian hospital, at long last. #Saakashvili has said he’ll end his hunger strike if he’s taken to a civilian hospital. Put a perimeter fence around it if you’re worried about unrest. Just do the responsible thing and do it.

Jelger Groeneveld

@jelger_

3 years

1/6 🇬🇪 👇Refusal to transfer #Saakashvili to adequately equipped civilian hospital amounts to inhumane treatment & neglect of duty of care to which prisoners are also entitled, also when care is required due to actions of prisoner himself. (ICESCR UN Covenant, art 12, and ECHR)

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@ikelly731

3 years

The Georgian people deserve a leader who is resolute, honorable, and able to stand on the right side of history.

Girchi•More Freedom

@GIRCHIMF

3 years

@ikelly731 @Helenkhosh That sanctions are ineffective, that Ukrainians have their war and the gov. has its own job. Plus Tsulukiani added that people should be thankful to the government bc they allow citizens to show their emotions and protest against Russian aggression. Lots of other bullshit.

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Ian Kelly

@ikelly731

3 years

He says joining NATO "creates a real chance the alliance would have to defend them against a Russian attack if they join." Dont think so. 5 of RU's neighbors have applied to join. Russia has only attacked the two, UKR and GEO, who havent been allowed to join.

Carnegie Endowment

@CarnegieEndow

3 years

If Sweden and Finland aren’t secure enough with their own armies, then bringing them into NATO might create a major new vulnerability for the alliance just as the chances of conflict with Russia are rising. @CChivvis highlights this dilemma:

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@ikelly731

6 years

Oh, what could have been, and could still be. Secretary Clinton hosts a symposium on The #FutureOfDiplomacy at Georgetown. Lots of HRC alums and future diplomats.

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@ikelly731

6 months

One side moving the right way, one side moving backwards

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@ikelly731

3 years

Irakli #Kobakhidze , stop messing with Kelly #Degnan ’s credentials and reputation. That’s a fight you’re going to lose every time.

Formula NEWS | English

@FormulaGe

3 years

Kelly #Degnan responded to Irakli #Kobakhidze ’s comment dismissing Degnan’s prior concern on the adverse impact of 5 versus 2% threshold for political pluralism in Georgia. I am an expert on constitutional law and Mrs. Degnan isn’t, Kobakhidze said.

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@ikelly731

4 years

Very sad day in Georgia.

Shame Movement

@Shamemovement

4 years

At the moment the @MIAofGeorgia law enforcers are mobilized at the office of the @UNMGeorgia . Presumably they are going to arrest @NikaMelia5 , but they themselves do not state the reason for mobilization. #GeorgiaCrisis LIVE:

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Long live free Georgia! “Our mentality and memory must be liberated from the Soviet relic… the one-party system, the monopoly of all state institutions and public structures by one party.” Pres. @Zourabichvili_S

Georgia Celebrates Independence Day

On May 26, Georgia celebrates the 106th anniversary of the declaration of the first independent democratic republic and 33rd anniversary of the restoration of its independence. The President of...

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Ian Kelly

@ikelly731

3 years

Wish we'd said this in August 2008...

Nana Sajaia

@NanaSajaia

3 years

"Who in the Lord's name as Putin think gives them the right to declare new so-called countries on territory that belong to his neighbors?" - POTUS now.

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@ikelly731

4 years

NATO does need Georgia — a Georgia that has a pluralistic parliament, an independent judiciary, and a government that is accountable to both. All friends of Georgia should support those who are working to achieve it.

Jelger Groeneveld

@jelger_

4 years

While fuelling deteriorating democratic and governance situation #Georgia , the new (hardliner) PM shouts out at NATO, "it is about time you fulfill your 2008 promise and let us in", ignoring rule of law /democracy are important criteria for membership

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@ikelly731

6 months

Boom.

Georgia’s Western Trajectory at Risk - United States Department of State

The United States condemns the Kremlin-inspired “foreign influence” legislation advanced in Georgia’s parliament earlier today and the false narrative government officials have adopted to defend it. ...

www.state.gov

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@ikelly731

6 months

How the Georgian government, once our ally, became our adversary, and what the US should do to deter it from further repressions against their people. My latest with David Kramer

How the Georgian Government, Once a US Ally, Became an Adversary, Against the Wishes of Its...

Western leaders will have to respond quickly to deter the ruling Georgian Dream party from further repression against its opposition.

www.justsecurity.org

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Ian Kelly

@ikelly731

3 years

What does this mean? It means siding with the aggressor and against those risking their lives for freedom.

Shame Movement

@Shamemovement

3 years

🇬🇪PM @GharibashviliGe :"I want to state clearly and unequivocally, that we are not going to participate in financial and economic sanctions against #Russia . I will not make any decision that will harm our national interests in any way.” #Shame #StandWithUkraine

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@ikelly731

4 years

About half of the Georgian people voted for the group you say you are in no mood to talk to. You have the power, and there’s still time to step back from the brink. #GeorgiaCrisis

Formula NEWS | English

@FormulaGe

4 years

"We need to solve people's problems & not to sit down with these criminals and have dialogue, about extraordinary elections. Which elections are they talking about at all?!" - Prime Minister #Gharibashvili said before his appointment #GeorgiaCrisis #TbilisiProtests #Melia

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@ikelly731

11 months

As Noe Jordania, its first president, said, Georgia's future is indissolubly tied to the West, and no force can break this bond. Congratulations!

Salome Zourabichvili

@Zourabichvili_S

11 months

🇬🇪🇪🇺 Today signifies a monumental milestone for Georgia and our European family! The unwavering will of the Georgian people has spoken, leading to the well-deserved attainment of candidate status. Georgia's reunification with its European family is an irreversible prospect! 🇬🇪🇪🇺

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@ikelly731

3 years

“Very hard”? Russia invaded and occupied you. Your friends would have preferred to hear you say, “impossible.”

Civil.ge

@CivilGe

3 years

David Zalkaliani said while Georgia finds it “very hard” to join 3+3 platform, it should still find ways to engage in prospective regional projects. Remarks came a day after Russia's Lavrov expressed hopes Tbilisi would join the platform.

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@ikelly731

4 years

All friends of Georgian democracy should rally around those standing up for it now. It’s up to the government to deescalate the situation and release Melia immediately.

Transparency Int'l GE

@Transparency_GE

4 years

We condemn decision to arrest the political opposition leader @NikaMelia5 contrary to the warnings of our international partners. Likely escalation of tension endangers Geo Democracy. 🇬🇪 needs support of its friends and partners in this difficult time.

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@ikelly731

3 years

When Russia invades, you find out who has the courage to stand with you.

On.ge

@OnGeLive

3 years

"Today, I too received the invitation from @r_stefanchuk to arrive in Ukraine and see the cruelty of Russian aggression. Against the background of unclear issues, the official invitation seems inappropriate" - Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia @shpapuashvili

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@ikelly731

1 year

US aid is "deliberately...preparing to provoke violence"? Never thought I would hear such slander about my country, in public, from a senior Georgian govt official. It's a dark day in the history of US-Georgian relations.

Formula NEWS | English

@FormulaGe

1 year

"It is a dark day in the history of American aid to Georgia, when we see that the money of the American people is being used here to plan revolutionary processes, to deliberately prepare people for disorder and to provoke violence. It's unfortunate that the American people's

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@ikelly731

4 years

Yes, those first two words deserve to be capitalized. Release Melia immediately!

Adam Kinzinger

@RepKinzinger

4 years

Incredibly Dumb move by Georgian Government against a legitimate political party. Sad day for democracy in the Country of Georgia.

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@ikelly731

2 years

Georgians stand with Ukrainians because they know the brutality of a Russian invasion. Before Bucha, there was Abkhazia.

Ani Chkhikvadze

@achkhikvadze

2 years

A campaign that deserves your attention. Ukrainian war revived the memory of the atrocities in Abkhazia for many in Georgia. Story of the victims was never told. Please help spread a word.

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@ikelly731

7 months

Great, iconic photo

Teona Akubardia

@Teona_Akubardia

7 months

protest against the Russian law.

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@ikelly731

3 years

Policies based on fear, not principles. 2/3 of his country want to join the EU and NATO. This stance represents neither the values of the West, nor the interests of his people.

Shame Movement

@Shamemovement

3 years

The position of #Georgia ’s collaborationist government: Georgia will not impose economic sanctions on #Russia , guided by “the national interests of Georgian people”. We are occupied, we have tens of Ks of refugees, we must not repeat our mistakes and we must not show negligence.

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3 years

An historic day in the annals of diplomacy.

Luhansk Recognizes Abkhazia

Russian-backed authorities occupied Luhansk recognized today Abkhazia's independence from Georgia. Later in the day, Sokhumi and Luhansk also established diplomatic relations. On March 9, Sokhumi...

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@ikelly731

3 years

Bad Ass Brothers

Mikhail Khodorkovsky

@khodorkovsky_en

3 years

Brothers

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5 months

Mr PM, if you're looking for your enemies, look to your north, where Russian troops continue to occupy, threaten, and imprison you. Your friends are among you, working to help you join the West, a dream you push away with every lie and insult.

Irakli Kobakhidze: The MEGOBARI act initiated in the US Congress is not friendly, but hostile - I...

I would call this law the "DAUDZINEBELI" law - it's a pity, all this will not help the improvement of Georgian-US relations, - Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze said, while responding to...

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@ikelly731

4 years

How can a Georgian President congratulate an agreement that locks in another Russian occupation in Caucasus and locks out the West?

Jaba Devdariani

@JDevdariani

4 years

This message by #Georgia president is likely to be misconstrued, but it is fundamentally correct, in my mind...

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@ikelly731

3 years

Not true. Look at the Human Rights Report — there was always criticism of the UNM-era judiciary. Take 2011: “false, politically motivated charges,“ “Abuse of prisoners by govt officials,” “judicial authorities continued to act in favor of the ruling party”

Garibashvili ‘Never Heard’ Europe, U.S. Criticizing UNM-Era Judiciary

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said today he has "never heard of the U.S. and Europe making critical remarks" towards the judiciary under the United National Movement's 2003-2012...

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Ian Kelly

@ikelly731

7 months

Georgian Orwell.

OC Media

@OCMediaorg

7 months

Speaker of Georgian parliament Shalva Papuashvili has stated that three days of mass public protests against the foreign agent law ‘showed us the support of the people for this bill’. ➡️Live updates:

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@ikelly731

6 months

Another outright lie from Georgian Dream that is straight-up Russian propaganda, falsely claiming a campaign in the U.S. to bring children to schools and tell them they can change their gender without parental consent. Can anyone doubt the direction of GD's trajectory?

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@ikelly731

3 years

This is brilliant.

Canada Mission UN

@CanadaUN

3 years

Thank you @RussiaUN for your letter dated March 16. Please see our suggested edits below. #StandWithUkraine #RespectTheCharter

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@ikelly731

4 years

Arresting and detaining Melia will inflame already tense situation and further delay negotiations to enable a multiparty parliament. Govt must defuse situation and restart those negotiations.

Eto Buziashvili

@EtoBuziashvili

4 years

Dark day for democracy in #Georgia 🇬🇪: Oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili arrested the leader of the main opposition party. Judiciary is finally destroyed. State captured. Georgians on social media with the only message: we now live in Russia.

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6 months

“It seems clear to me, anyway, they have made a decision to go the path of one-party rule, of shutting down basically all checks and balances on executive power, and this Russian law is the last instrument that they need to put in place,” said Ian Kelly, former U.S. ambassador.

Eto Buziashvili

@EtoBuziashvili

6 months

Featuring my comments on the unprecedented level of targeting against Georgian civil society, employing various violent, Russian-style tactics by the Georgian Dream-led government.

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@ikelly731

3 years

Stop the appeasement signalling to Moscow. Just stop. You turn your back on the West, and eventually it will turn its back on you.

Civil.ge

@CivilGe

3 years

Georgian Dream chair Irakli Kobakhidze said Georgia will not apply for EU membership until 2024, dismissing the opposition's calls to follow in the footsteps of Ukraine.

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3 years

What was provocative? Of the 5 former republics who applied for NATO membership, Putin has invaded only the 2 NATO has not brought in, Ukraine and Georgia.

Opinion | This Is Putin’s War. But America and NATO Aren’t Innocent Bystanders. (Published 2022)

Russia’s president is trying to hide his poor leadership by becoming a nationalist avenger.

www.nytimes.com

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@ikelly731

3 years

As Solzhenitsyn suggested, the actions of one person can help redeem a nation.

Julia Davis

@JuliaDavisNews

3 years

This is fantastic. A brave woman interrupted Russian state TV’s live broadcast with a sign that says: “Stop the war. Don’t believe propaganda. They’re lying to you here." It was signed: "Russians against war.”

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@ikelly731

6 months

Stay strong but safe, Georgia. Your cause is just.

Civil.ge

@CivilGe

6 months

The @Ombudsman_Geo issued a statement saying as of 00:30 there are no grounds for the #police to disband the rally as it remains peaceful. The Public Defender's office called upon the police not to use force against protesters and to guarantee the freedom of assembly. The office

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3 years

Not the way to build trust in your govt or your judiciary. Youre saying 1) you dont have the ability to secure the trial site, and 2) you dont put a priority on the right of accused to defend himself or face his accusers. via @CivilGe

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Ian Kelly

@ikelly731

3 years

Mr President, what is the point of saying this? That we’ll defend NATO, but that Putin is free to brutalize any country that is not behind NATO’s walls? Is it so difficult to say “all options are on the table”?

President Biden

@POTUS

3 years

I want to be clear: We will defend every inch of NATO territory with the full might of a united and galvanized NATO. But we will not fight a war against Russia in Ukraine. A direct confrontation between NATO and Russia is World War III. And something we must strive to prevent.

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Georgia is turning its back on the West. Its ruling party seems more intent on one-party rule than on meeting Western standards for democratic governance.

Georgia Turns Its Back on the West

The ruling Georgian Dream party is taking Tbilisi into Moscow’s orbit while eroding democratic institutions.

foreignpolicy.com

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@ikelly731

4 years

David Kramer and I co-penned an op-ed on the political crisis in the country of Georgia, and suggest how the U.S. should respond. via @BulwarkOnline

How the U.S. Should Respond to the Trouble in Georgia

The struggling republic needs American support and encouragement.

www.thebulwark.com

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@ikelly731

3 years

David Kramer: the time has come for the West to step up in Georgia.

Time for the U.S. and E.U. to Get Tough with Georgia

The government’s apparent glee at abusing the country’s former president merits a more serious response from the West.

www.thebulwark.com

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Ian Kelly

@ikelly731

6 months

"Western governments must show strength. The time for negotiation...and providing off-ramps is over. GD is presenting this as a conflict between it and the West. The government is instead battling its own people, and they want democracy and alignment with the West."

Laura Thornton

@LauraLThornton

6 months

#Georgia oped: Western leaders should not get hung up on the law (provide off-ramps, revisions). It's about GD gvmt rejecting democracy and the West. We can't let GD shape this as a GD vs. West conflict, as their conflict is with the Georgian People.

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Ian Kelly

@ikelly731

3 years

Russia’s FBI announces investigation into mass graves of “Russian-speaking groups” (how did they know the corpses spoke Russian?) allegedly found in eastern Ukraine. Worth watching if the focus now switches to the need to protect Russians in the Donbas.

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@ikelly731

4 years

Pompeo is in Georgia, another country in the midst of contested election results. He is meeting only with the government. That’s a mistake. via @BulwarkOnline

Pompeo Plays Favorites in the Georgia Runoffs

The secretary of state’s trip to the rickety Caucasus democracy could exacerbate an already tense political standoff.

www.thebulwark.com

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Ian Kelly

@ikelly731

2 years

Kyiv should only negotiate from a position of strength. Look at Georgia. Its EU-brokered ceasefire in ‘08 left it undermined politically and economically. It left Abkhazia and S Ossetia to a fate of isolation, impoverishment, and repression.

Daniel Fried

@AmbDanFried

2 years

Those eager for diplomacy to end Putin's war against Ukraine need to be mindful of the pitfalls. Hard decisions await. But @apolyakova & I argue that the West's task now is to give Ukraine means to prevail on the battlefield and negotiate on that basis.

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4 years

The growing specter of one-party rule haunts Georgia.

Formula NEWS | English

@FormulaGe

4 years

Nika #Melia faces likely arrest on charges related to events of June 20, 2019 when large-scale protests swept #Georgia following #Russian Communist MP Sergey #Gavrilov occupied Speaker's Chair in the Georgian Parliament

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@ikelly731

3 years

"Georgia is open for any person, a citizen of any country, regardless of ethnicity, and has a responsibility to ... protect their safety." Unless you're an opponent of Putin (like Sobol & Gudkov), in which case we'll send you back to Russia.

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@ikelly731

1 year

Former U.S. ambassadors call on Georgian govt to allow former President Saakashvili to receive life-saving treatment, noting their mistreatment of him will have consequences. 1/2

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@ikelly731

5 years

Bill Taylor was my boss for two years in the early 90s. I can confirm all this. Never saw anyone so calm under fire - we saw that today. In my career, I consciously tried to model his leadership traits. Especially the good humor!

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5 years

Still no response to a letter we sent to Pompeo nearly two weeks ago. Yovanovitch got pulled for doing her job. Even Pompeo’s deputy admitted she’d done no wrong. Leaders should stand up for their people or resign.

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@ikelly731

3 years

The message is clear: by marginalizing or abolishing all checks against its executive power, the Georgian gov’t aspires to one-party rule. It’s no wonder Georgia’s friends have begun to doubt the gov’t’s Euro-Atlantic bona fides.

U.S. Embassy Tbilisi

@usingeo

3 years

U.S. Embassy Statement on the Ruling Party’s Rushed, End-of-Year Legislation

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@ikelly731

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Interference in domestic affairs? He apparently is not aware that his country invaded Georgia in 2008, and still occupies 20% of it.

Formula NEWS | English

@FormulaGe

6 months

“We, on the one hand, see the strong desire of the leadership of Georgia to insure their country against obvious interference in domestic affairs, in fact, as the vast majority of countries in the world do. We also hear the threat of sanctions against Georgia if they pass this or

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@ikelly731

6 months

The "impotent opposition... will never return to power." Sounds more like a threat than an observation. Sounds very Putin-esque.

Civil.ge

@CivilGe

6 months

GD majority leader: "We will speak to [opposition's] supporters abroad, representatives of European partners [...] whoever gives them [the opposition] orders, their friends. Better talk to us rather than these agents, an impotent opposition. They will never return to power, so

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@ikelly731

4 years

Wow. Just wow.

Formula NEWS | English

@FormulaGe

4 years

In an unprecedented statement #Russia ’s SVR cautions #US from backing #Georgia ’s opposition, alludes to #GeorgianDream ’s reluctance to ‘unconditionally fulfill American demands’ It also warns of "de facto loss of sovereignty" if 'local elites' 'seek #Washington 's protection'

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@ikelly731

3 years

What a disgusting and deeply irresponsible thing for a head of government to say.

Civil.ge

@CivilGe

3 years

Asked about possible "finale" of jailed Saakashvili's hunger strike, PM Garibashvili argued "if an individual decides to kill themselves, they can ... the state cannot take responsibility for this."

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@ikelly731

3 years

An appeaser is someone who feeds the crocodile first, in the hopes he will eat him last.

Shame Movement

@Shamemovement

3 years

#Georgia 's Ruling Party ( @GeorgianDream41 ) Chairman Unsure Whether #Russia Commits Genocide in #Ukraine — says they need to hear legal assessments first. #SHAME

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@ikelly731

3 years

Georgian PM: “You can’t fire me — I quit!”

Viola von Cramon 🇺🇦🇪🇺

@ViolavonCramon

3 years

🇬🇪 Preparing for an interview on #EU 's €150 million assistance to #Georgia . Unfortunately @GovernmentGeo didn't fulfill conditions listed in #MoU for the second tranche (€75mill): judicial reform, etc. You can't decline what you were not eligible for. We stand with people of 🇬🇪

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@ikelly731

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⁦ @Ombudsman_Geo ⁩ and doctors have said this facility is not adequate for treating him. Why wouldnt govt want to do everything possible to avoid a bad outcome?

Saakashvili Transferred to Prison Hospital

Jailed ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili, on a hunger strike since October 1, has been transferred to the No.18 prison hospital in Gldani, Tbilisi. The Special Penitentiary Service made the announce...

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@ikelly731

3 years

Why is the Georgian govt unable to provide security at the trial site? Why is it unable to do same at a civilian hospital? It's no wonder why many think its real motive is to deny fmr pres his fundamental human rights.

Georgia's Saakashvili Again Prevented From Attending Trial

Georgia's Special Penitentiary Service has again barred former President Mikheil Saakashvili from attending his trial on embezzlement charges, saying it created a security risk.

www.rferl.org

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@ikelly731

3 years

Translation: by not joining efforts to support Ukraine’s resistance, you’ve shown we can control you. We can now send troops from Georgia to kill Ukrainians who refuse to be controlled.

Formula NEWS | English

@FormulaGe

3 years

Chairman of the Russian Parliament upper house Foreign Affairs Committee and Moscow’s Georgia envoy Gregory Karasin called Georgia’s reaction to western sanctions “measured” and said that “would not remain unnoticed from the Russian side.”

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@ikelly731

3 years

The Georgian PM refuses to protect minorities' rights to freedoms of assembly and expression. Unacceptable under any circumstances, but particularly in a country that aspires to join the Western community.

Civil.ge

@CivilGe

3 years

Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Garibashvili says “when 95% of our population are against holding a propagandistic parade in a demonstrative manner, we shall all obey that [opinion].”

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@ikelly731

4 years

One-party rule is incompatible with a democracy under any circumstances.

Shame Movement

@Shamemovement

4 years

. @ModGovGe Minister @GharibashviliGe : "One-party rule is not illegal and it is not anti-democratic rule. The modern world is familiar with such systems. It is a misconception that one-party rule is destructive,"- #Shame

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@ikelly731

3 years

Where are you going, Georgian govt? You withdraw from an agreement brokered by the EU, and double down on this agreement. Prove to us you have not cast your lot with bloody authoritarian regimes. Withdraw. Show you are with the West, not Putin’s East.

Formula NEWS | English

@FormulaGe

3 years

#Georgia ’s State Security Service issued a statement rebuffing criticism on a cooperation agreement with #Belarus infamous #KGB Statement referred to criticism as “disinformation campaign” to “discredit the #SSofGeorgia ” that could harm “state interests”

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@ikelly731

2 years

Remember 08/08/08

Ian Kelly

@ikelly731

4 years

On the 12th anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Georgia, we remember that Putin’s Russia continues to violate Georgia’s sovereignty and illegally occupy 20% of its territory. #Aug2008War

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2 years

Putin Is Failing in Ukraine, But Winning in Georgia via @BulwarkOnline

Putin Is Failing in Ukraine, But Winning in Georgia

The government in Tbilisi is taking pages from Putin’s playbook.

www.thebulwark.com

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@ikelly731

2 years

A dark day in US-Georgian relations when the @StateDept has to defend the US ambassador from slanderous attacks by the ruling party.

Matthew Miller

@StateDeptSpox

2 years

The @StateDept fully supports Ambassador Degnan and her @USinGeo team. They are committed to working with the people of Georgia to further their Euro-Atlantic aspirations and continue to support peaceful efforts to end Russia’s occupation of 20 percent of Georgia’s territory.

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@ikelly731

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Who do you represent, Mr Prime Minister?

Formula NEWS | English

@FormulaGe

1 year

Speaking @GLOBSEC conference in Bratislava, Georgian PM Irakli Garibashvili blamed the war in Ukraine on @NATO Enlargement. NATO enlargement and Ukraine’s determination to become member was one of the reasons for the war. “Therefore, we see the consequence,” he said.

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@ikelly731

3 years

Hard to see this decision as anything other than part of a strategy to move Georgia away from necessary Western-oriented reforms.

Georgia to Refuse Conditional EU Loan, Garibashvili Says

Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili told reporters today Georgia will refuse EUR 75 million loan from the European Union, conditioned on the court reform and upholding EU-brokered April 19 deal,...

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@ikelly731

5 years

Unhinged and unbecoming. Self-serving. What conceivable national interest does this serve? Who advised him to go after an NPR reporter who simply asked what we all want to ask: Why has he let his people twist slowly in the wind, and not said a single positive word about them?

Robbie Gramer

@RobbieGramer

5 years

Official response from Pompeo about his NPR interview. Haven’t seen anything like this before with a State Department seal on it:

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@ikelly731

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Hope I can be an honorary member.

Ani Chkhikvadze

@achkhikvadze

6 months

I am organizing a party in Tbilisi. And this is the theme.

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@ikelly731

3 years

Rise up, Piter!

Ragıp Soylu

@ragipsoylu

3 years

Look at the size of anti-war protestors in St Petersburg, Russia. Wow

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@ikelly731

3 years

Now, THERE’S an A-1, first class troll!

On.ge

@OnGeLive

3 years

@Shamemovement bought a Kutaisi-Kiev ticket for @GharibashviliGe to visit #Ukraine

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@ikelly731

3 years

While the West slept, Russia took charge in the Caucasus. My piece in @TheAtlantic .

Russia Took Advantage While the West Slept

By failing to offer realistic alternatives, the U.S. and Europe have left another region to the tender mercies of a predatory power.

www.theatlantic.com

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@ikelly731

2 years

Georgian government representatives should immediately clarify health and legal status of @Zuraja , and others who have been detained/injured. Have they seen a doctor? Does they need further assistance? @DZalkaliani @GharibashviliGe

Eka Chollokava

@Ekuna

2 years

I just spoke with a staff member of @Zuraja the leader of @GIRCHIMF . He was arrested yesterday, when he was peacefully protesting Russian Law. He was severely beaten including in head and needs a doctor and tomography ASAP. But he is not allowed to transfer in the hospital. Can

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@ikelly731

3 years

I have a feeling that “we” is him and one other guy.

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@ikelly731

2 years

Why is the PM writing the EU Pres on behalf of his country’s richest man, ignoring the EU’s other points on needed reforms? If nothing else, it shows that his priority is to put one very rich man’s interests before those of his country.

Fady Asly ფადი ასლი

@fadyasly

2 years

After reading #Garibashvili ’s letter to #Ursula von der Leyen, I would like to congratulate our Prime Minister on his new appointment as Bidzina #Ivanishvili ’s official and full time lawyer. 🍾🥂

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@ikelly731

4 months

It's immoral and illogical to insist Ukraine not hit threats to them within Russia that are a few kms beyond an arbitrary limit.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський

@ZelenskyyUa

4 months

Today, after a Russian bomb strike, part of Kharkiv was left without power, halting the metro and electric transport. Regrettably, twelve people were injured, and one person was killed. Kharkiv suffers daily from Russian terror. Russian combat aviation must be destroyed wherever

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If GD passes the Russian-style Foreign Agents law, the govt can expect "a shift in US policy toward Georgia which could include sanctions on those responsible for undermining Georgia’s democratic development or inhibiting its Euro-Atlantic trajectory."

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@ikelly731

3 years

There is no UN document giving Russia a UNSC seat. Until now, no one wanted to question Russia's claim to it. Until now. @WCCIAS

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@ikelly731

4 years

This “return of peace” is enforced by Russian troops. And why does the Georgian President want to promote this Caucasus Platform, when it means giving Russia and Iran a voice in your regional affairs?

Salome Zourabichvili

@Zourabichvili_S

4 years

The conflict in the Caucasus was a #bigchallenge for our region and the return of peace was vital for our #commonprosperity . 🇬🇪 cannot be passive in the #CaucasusPlatform . Our historical role has been and is to gather everyone together. I hope 2021 will see our revival in this.

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@ikelly731

4 years

Joe Biden makes America America again.

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@ikelly731

6 months

Day by day, the GD govt escalates their persecution of their perceived opponents. No need for a creative imagination. We've seen this all before in other undemocratic countries.

Nodar Rukhadze

@xonoda

6 months

Georgian Dream’s intimidation tactics continue as Georgian politicians, NGO members, and activists opposing Russian Law woke up to offensive posters plastered outside their homes and workplaces today.

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@ikelly731

3 years

The US has spent billions to support Georgian democracy, perhaps most importantly a balance of powers. This decision is yet another step away from Western democracy, and toward a one-party regime. GD must suspend these appts now.

Recent Judicial Appointments in Georgia - United States Department of State

The United States is deeply troubled by the Georgian Parliament’s July 12 approval of six Supreme Court nominees, in contravention of the April 19 agreement between ruling and opposition party...

www.state.gov

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@ikelly731

11 months

Nice production. But here's how the world will see it: reps from only one party celebrating. At this historic moment you didn't invite the President and other political leaders to share in the celebration. What a missed opportunity to show you're ready for a truly nat'l effort.

Shalva Papuashvili 🇬🇪

@shpapuashvili

11 months

Congratulations, Georgia! Rich in centuries-old history and culture, devoted patriots, heroes and wise men; fighters for freedom and faith; indefatigable, unyielding, and dignified—today, I extend heartfelt congratulations to you. Among the many victories our homeland has won,

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