Svitlana Morenets Svitlana Morenets

Georgia is on the brink of revolution

A rally outside the Georgian parliament in Tbilisi, 2 May 2024 (Getty Images)  
issue 11 May 2024

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For weeks, the Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi has looked like a battlefield. Thousands of protestors, mostly in their twenties, have been met by riot police armed with tear gas, water cannons and rubber bullets. On the face of it, the protest is about a new repressive bill in its final reading in the Georgian parliament.

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