The files we follow: Armenia-Azerbaijan relations; Georgia between Russian influence and Western aspirations; Georgia/Abkhazia and South Ossetia conflict; South Caucasian energy, trade and transport issues; Human rights in the South Caucasus.
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Domestic politics: Between repression and elections
On 10 September 2024, the ruling Georgian Dream party announced its top 20 candidates for the October 2024 elections. For the first time, its founder, Bidzina Ivanishvili, tops the list. In addition to well-known figures such as Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and party leader Irakli Garibashvili, the list also includes Olympic athletes and figures from business and the arts. Georgian Dream presents these elections as a crucial choice between peace and war, traditional values and European integration. The 26 October elections are fully proportional, with each party having to pass a 5% threshold to enter parliament.
In addition, Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has announced her intention to run for a second term. In an interview with Le Figaro, she expressed her desire to return Georgia to the European path and criticised Georgian Dream, predicting that it would not receive more than 25% of the vote in the upcoming elections. She denounced the growing influence of Bidzina Ivanishvili, whom she described as an oligarch with murky links to Russia.
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