563:. In 2011, the founder of the Georgian Dream party Bidzina Ivanishvili stated that against the backdrop of rapproachment between NATO and Russia, it was possible for the Georgian government to normalize its relations with Russia, while not giving up on its goals to join the European Union and NATO. He also talked in this context about the possibility of restoring control over Georgia's lost territories, Abkhazia and South Ossetia. In November 2012, Prime Minister Ivanishvili appointed special envoy for relations with Russia, Zurab Abashidze (diplomatic relations between the countries remained formally broken). In December 2012, Georgian and Russian diplomats met in Prague to discuss problematic relations between the countries first time since the end of the 2008 war. This became known as "Abashidze–Karasin Format". In 2014, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili stated in the interview to
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Saakashvili's rhetoric policy towards Russia as "too radical". On the other hand, the Georgian Dream's foreign policy often received criticism from the opposition. Saakashvili's UNM, which became the largest opposition party in Georgia since 2012, often challenged the new government's foreign policy initiatives. The Georgian Dream government was accused of being "pro-Russian" for its attempts to normalize relations with Russia by the UNM-aligned opposition. Such accusations intensified during the contested
476:. Though originally coming to power through a coalition government with several other parties, GD solidified its power during the 2016 legislative polls that saw it win a constitutional majority in Parliament (113 out of 150 MPs) without any alliance. GD's constitutional supermajority was driven by winning 71 out of 73 majoritarian constituencies. Since the election, the opposition had demanded to change the electoral system to a fully proportional one for the
751:. During the demonstration, Melia took off the monitoring bracelet, calling it "the symbol of injustice". In response, the court increased his bail. However, Melia refused to pay the bail. On February 17, 2021, the court sentenced him to pre-trial detention. Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia suggested to postpone Melia's arrest, and after failing to reach the agreement with his party colleagues, subsequently announced his resignation, causing a
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Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Tbilisi police deployed rubber bullets and tear gas against the protesters. Approximately 240 demonstrators were injured and 305 protesters were arrested. At least two people experienced eye injuries and loss of vision due to rubber bullets, according to Giorgi Kordzakhiya, director of Tbilisi's New Hospital. The government accused protesters of attempting to storm the
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592:(IAO) was set up to be held in Tbilisi, Georgia. The IAO is a transnational, inter-parliamentary institution founded in 1994 by the Greek Parliament to unite Orthodox Christian lawmakers around the globe. Both Georgia and Russia are members of the organizations, with Georgia joining in 2013. 20 June 2019, an IAO session began in the Parliament in Georgia.
596:, a Communist Party member of the Russian Duma who was visiting through the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy, opened the session, sitting in a chair reserved by protocol for the Head of Parliament and giving speech in Russian about Orthodox brotherhood of Georgia and Russia. Earlier in his career, Gavrilov had voted in favor of
576:, which harshly criticized Saakashvili's handling of the August 2008 war with Russia. The UNM-aligned opposition tried to portray the Georgian Dream and Zourabishvili as "pro-Russian" political actors, while the Georgian Dream simultaneously responded to allegations by accusing the UNM-backed candidate
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said that "an outrageous mistake has taken place" and that organizers of the IAO meeting "will have to apologize and explain to the
Georgian society what has happened and why". Some Georgian Dream representatives claimed that chairing of the session by Gavrilov was not agreed with the Georgian party
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The agreement between the opposition and the government was envisaged the amnesty law that would grant clemency to any wrongdoers, both protesters and law enforcement officers, during the protests. The law was adopted by the parliament on 7 September 2021. It granted clemency to any wrongdoer, except
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November. On 8 March 2020, a memorandum of understanding was signed between the parties, marking achievement of consensus over
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responsible for the event. Quickly opposition supporters and other activists gathered in front of the parliament. Later in the evening the main protest was held in front of the parliament, which turned violent after a group of protesters tried to enter the parliament and clashed with the riot police.
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on 29 June 2020, with 117 out of 142 members voting in support for the reforms. The new electoral law stipulated that 120 deputies would be elected via proportional representation, while another 30 would be elected from single-member constituencies. The constituencies would be drawn according to the
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members of parliament. They couched their opposition to the amendments in terms of preserving the direct link between local areas and their directly elected representatives. Ivanishvili said that he was disappointed with the parliament's decision to vote down the bill. However, he was accused by the
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filed a motion to replace Melia's pretrial detention with a release on bail on 9 May. Delegation of
European Union in Georgia said in a statement on 8 May: "Today, a bail worth 40.000 GEL was posted to allow for Mr. Melia's release from pre-trial detention. This follows the understanding reached by
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released a judgment, finding failure to properly investigate allegations regarding violations of prohibition of torture. The court ordered the payment of up to €15.000 in damages to the claimants. The finding also highlighted the problem of riot police officers not being identifiable, because they
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attributed the situation to the "error in protocol" and said that public concerns were fair, but he also elaborated that the initial peaceful protest was manipulated by the opposition United
National Movement party into an attempt to storm the parliament building and seize the state power through
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Georgian Dream party failed to adopt the promised electoral reform. On 18 November, 20,000 people gathered in the center of Tbilisi demanding the resignation of government. Protesters blocked the entrance to parliament and prevented the legislative
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that he had information that unlike
Ukraine's Crimea, Russia had no interest in annexing Georgia's South Ossetia. He also credited his government's approach to Russia with Russia's non-interference with Georgia's move to sign an Association Agreement with the EU (which was finalized in 2014).
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session from taking place. Riot police dispersed protests using water cannon, resulting in the injury of 4 protesters and 2 policemen and the arrest of 37. On 25 November, police had to use water cannon again in order to clear the parliament entrance, leaving 3 protesters heavily injured.
696:, and the Georgian judiciary. For proportional representation seats, the electoral threshold was fixed at 1%. No party could obtain a majority of seats without getting at least 40% of votes from the electorate. The transition to the fully proportional system was postponed to 2024.
608:, entered the plenary chamber and occupied the speaker's tribune, demanding the Russian delegation to leave, after which the session was suspended and Gavrilov left the parliament building. The opposition called for public protests and the resignation of the Chairman of Parliament
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for the 2020 elections and lowering the vote barrier for parties. However, the parliament failed to pass the proposed electoral amendments on 13 November 2019. The reform was blocked as a result of the internal opposition to the bill in
Georgian Dream from
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was arrested on charges of organizing, leading and participating in mass violence during the protests. On 27 July, the court sent
Okruashvili to pre-trial detention. On 13 April 2020, Okruashvili was sentenced to five years in prison. However, President
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criticized her remarks as "ultra-extremist" in a statement on 25 June 2019. Zourabichvili also called on Russian tourists affected by the travel ban to keep coming to Georgia because "They love Georgia" and that "politicians must solve the problems".
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opposition of being personally responsible for blocking the reform, with some speculating that the MPs had been instructed to oppose the amendments by Ivanishvili himself since the reform would allegedly risk the Georgian Dream losing power.
600:. Gavrilov's actions on 20 June were perceived by the Georgian public as denigrating to Georgian sovereignty: a representative of the occupying power in the chair of the Head of Parliament. The opposition, mainly members of parliament of the
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signed a decree to suspend passenger flights carrying Russian citizens from Russia to Georgia, effective 8 July 2019. Russia's Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being increased quality controls on
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pardoned him on May 15, 2020. The release was demanded by the opposition, which considered Irakli Okruashvili a political prisoner, and vowed to not to back constitutional amendments for electoral reform as agreed in March 8 Agreement.
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and further backed by the Saakashvili's government, was also regarded to be a cause of tension between Georgia and Russia. The Georgian Dream government continued the policy of EU and NATO membership, signing an
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the political parties on April 19, 2021, in the context of the EU-mediated agreement. We would like to warmly thank two independent organisations who agreed to lend their valuable support in this process: the
768:(EED) who made the funds available and the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) who transferred these funds to the authorities." On 10 May, Melia was released from prison by the court decision.
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sovereignty of these entities, while Georgia considered them to be part of its territory and severed diplomatic relations with Russia. Since then, both Abkhazia and South Ossetia maintained
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those implicated in the grave injury, torture, threat of torture and inhumane treatment. It covered all concluded, ongoing or possible future investigations.
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1711:"From "peaceful protests" to "manifestation of depravity": How did the Georgian Dream present the June crisis to the public?"
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1537:"Former Georgian Defence Minister Irakli Okruashvili given 5 years for 20 June violence"
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1457:"Georgian Parliament Strips Opposition Lawmaker Of Immunity Over Violent Protests"
1790:"Georgians Have Now Been Protesting Russian Interference for a Week. Here is Why"
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1649:"Georgian Opposition Leader Released In Tbilisi After EU Posts His Bail"
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1184:"Ivanishvili: 2020 Polls Proportional, Zero Threshold (detailed text)"
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1323:"Georgian Dream, Opposition Reach Consensus over Electoral Reform"
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1565:"President Zurabishvili Pardons Gigi Ugulava, Irakli Okruashvili"
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proper. other MPs who left the party were: 1 member of the
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1762:"Putin Suspends Passenger Flights From Russia to Georgia"
1154:"Georgians keep protesting despite speaker's resignation"
1094:"Georgia's president blames Russia over violent protests"
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1511:"Police Detain Ex-MoD Okruashvili over 20 June Events"
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