Day: March 14, 2026
Georgian Dream Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said the OSCE’s Moscow Mechanism report’s findings on Georgia were “pre-written,” accusing the rapporteur who prepared it of concealing a “conflict of interest” and of forcing Georgia “to register women as men and men as women.”
The remarks follow the March 12 publication of a critical report under the OSCE’s Moscow Mechanism, a human rights dimension tool invoked by 24 member states on January 29 “to launch an expert mission on the deteriorating human rights situation in Georgia.” The report, authored by sole rapporteur Patrycja Grzebyk, noted “marked democratic backsliding” in Georgia since spring 2024, recommending the immediate release of “all prisoners held for political reasons” and the repeal of a series of restrictive legislation, among other steps.
“We all know that the report that was later published was pre-written,” Kobakhidze told reporters in Batumi on March 14, calling the report “entirely filled with falsehood” and pledging to provide more information to the public, including possibly through a briefing.
While noting that the report also includes “certain information and recommendations that correspond to the truth and that are necessary to be taken into account,” the Georgian Dream Prime Minister said that “the process that was started was entirely dictated by political interests.”
“You know which countries were at the forefront of initiating this process, and how these processes continued,” Kobakhidze said, noting: “They could not find a country more undemocratic than Georgia across the OSCE.”
Kobakhidze argued there was a “conflict of interest,” echoing the claims circulated by pro-government media that accused Patrycja Grzebyk, the report’s author and Associate Professor of International Law at the University of Warsaw, of “direct ties” to the Polish government due to her publicly reported advisory and expert roles on international law.
“Actually, the process was initiated, among others, by the Polish state, and it turned out that this person was herself a representative of the Polish government. This was a direct conflict of interest,” Kobakhidze said, noting that “the fact that this person concealed the conflict of interest deepens the suspicions.”
Seizing on the recommendations that call for the repeal of restrictive legislation, including “Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence” (Foreign Agents Law) and the anti-LGBT “Law on Protection of Family Values and Minors,” Kobkhidze further accused the rapporteur of forcing Georgia to “to reregister women as men and men as women.”
“This lady directly writes in her report that you can go to the Public Service Hall in Batumi and register yourself as a man,” Kobakhidze argued. “This lady is forcing one thing on us: if you want to go to the Public Service Hall and change your registration to male, we must allow it,” he said, calling it “abnormal.”
“This lady forces us to register women as men and men as women,” he concluded.
Earlier, Georgia’s permanent representative told the OSCE Permanent Council that Tbilisi “vigorously rejects” the findings and recommendations of the report, while member states that invoked the mechanism called on Georgia to fulfill the recommendations.
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The 24-year-old Abkhaz model Aditsa Berzenia has officially become a face of Chanel. She took part in the brand’s haute couture show at the Grand Palais and appeared in the advertising campaign for Chanel’s new collection.
The fashion house’s video begins with Aditsa appearing on screen.
One of the most anticipated shows of the season took place in Paris during Fashion Week: Chanel’s creative director, Matthieu Blazy, presented the Fall/Winter 2026 collection.
A Chanel billboard featuring Aditsa appeared in the very center of Paris — on the facade of the legendary Opéra Garnier.
The show at Paris’s Grand Palais marked the fourth Chanel runway for the Abkhaz model. Previously, she not only opened Matthieu Blazy’s debut show but also became the face of the brand’s Spring/Summer collection.
Images from the event featuring Aditsa were also displayed on the facade of the Opéra Garnier in central Paris.
Abkhaz media report that Aditsa Berzenia is known for her uncompromising loyalty to Abkhaz traditions, prioritizing her personal principles over career, and not hesitating to turn down offers from major brands if she feels the looks are too revealing.
“At the moment I saw that huge billboard, I felt joy not only for myself but also for my country: I realized that this was a piece of Abkhazia in the center of Paris. For me, it is a great honor to promote and develop not only myself but also my homeland through this industry and platform,” Aditsa told Abkhaz journalists.
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