Russia has brought blood, oppression, and suffering to the South Caucasus throughout #history. The history of these three countries is “rich” with #Russia’s insidious policies. Azerbaijan must also say “No!” to Russia and its occupation #policies.#SouthCaucasus #Azerbaijan pic.twitter.com/OutCQVdvJT
— Comerd Qaya (@Comerd_Qaya) October 29, 2024
Day: October 28, 2024
Alain … pic.twitter.com/U3RTGuTft6
— Notes from Georgia/South Caucasus (Hälbig, Ralph) (@SouthCaucasus) October 29, 2024
Hans Heiner Buhr @Hans4488 : „Abano Moon” #art #nft #hansheinerbuhr pic.twitter.com/7vcxUWkZ0k
— Notes from Georgia/South Caucasus (Hälbig, Ralph) (@SouthCaucasus) October 28, 2024
Great! Stop everything! So the Caucasus understands how much we love them … 👇 https://t.co/OXy5r8AdpT
— Notes from Georgia/South Caucasus (Hälbig, Ralph) (@SouthCaucasus) October 28, 2024
Pro-Russian and homophobic Alt-Info channel stops broadcasting after its members showed poor results in the elections. The two faces of the channel are sanctioned by the US Treasury Department.
“This loss is very heavy for us, very serious blow for us, because we did not expect this result and we did everything to avoid this result,” said Shota Martinenko, one of the presenters of the channel. Martinenko said that the channel was working in the hope of the election results. “A number of people were working without pay,” he added.
“Our television will not be able to continue working in this format for the very simple reasons that, you know, our television […] lived on the donations and funds of our viewers,” said Giorgi Kardava, another presenter, adding, “We don’t have a ready answer as to how we will return to the viewers and continue the political and informational fight.” He also said that the channel’s focus was on the elections and that they expected “different results.”
Alt-Info members ran in the elections under the umbrella of another pro-Russian force, the Patriots’ Alliance, after the National Agency for Public Registration had cancelled Alt-Info’s registration as a political party. The Patriots’ Alliance failed to pass the 5% threshold, garnering 2.4%.
Zura Makharadze, one of the leaders of Alt-Info who has been sanctioned by the US Treasury Department, said that the deal with the Patriots Alliance was that Alt-Info would only get their share of the funding from the state budget if the party passed the five per cent threshold. Georgian parties automatically receive funding budget if they pass 1% electoral threshold.
Several weeks before the elections, two members of Alt-Info, Konstantine Morgoshia and Zura Makharadze, were sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department for serious human rights abuses.
Alti-Info has an ultra-conservative, anti-Western, openly pro-Russian and anti-liberal agenda.
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- Georgians join mass rally as president urges them to protest ‘rigged vote’ BBC.com
- Georgia launches probe into ‘falsification’ of election result FRANCE 24 English
- Georgian president won’t recognize parliamentary election result and calls for a protest The Associated Press
- Governing Party in Georgia Wins Election, as Opposition Calls for Protests The New York Times
- Georgian president calls for protests after ruling party wins disputed election Reuters
- Georgia’s crucial vote was marred by intimidation, European monitors say NPR
- Georgia’s pro-EU opposition cries foul as ruling party claims election victory CNN
- Biden calls for investigations into country of Georgia’s election results The Hill
- Polls close in Georgia’s high-stakes parliamentary elections Al Jazeera English