The Daily Beat: 30 January Civil Georgia
Day: January 30, 2025
NPR News: 01-30-2025 10PM EST
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Russia is pushing a narrative onto the West that peace in Ukraine is within reach. Some believe that if both sides agree to mutual concessions, the war can be ended immediately. In 1938, there was an attempt to appease Hitler, hoping that by sacrificing distant Czechoslovakia,…
— Marko Mihkelson (@markomihkelson) January 30, 2025
Georgia’s delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has announced that it will immediately halt its participation in the assembly after the plenary voted to impose strict conditions for ratifying the delegation’s credentials. Among the conditions is a rerun of the contested October 2024 parliamentary elections, which Georgia’s governing party, Georgian Dream, is accused of rigging, and the release of all political prisoners detained at ongoing pro-EU protests in the country. According to the resolution, which was passed on January 29 by 114 votes to 13 with seven abstaining, should the conditions be met, the assembly would revisit the ratification of the Georgian delegation’s credentials in April.
‘We didn’t elect you for you to live well, do something so we can live’: protester to Pashinyan https://t.co/950p7dE9d5 pic.twitter.com/N3TmQ33xBG
— Alphanews Armenian Network (@AlphaNewsAM) January 30, 2025