Pashinyan’s Victory: Has Russia Failed in Armenia or Is the Game Just Starting? | Giorgi Tumasyan Ep.52.

Pashinyan’s Victory: Has Russia Failed in Armenia or Is the Game Just Starting? | Giorgi Tumasyan Ep.52.

Support Talk Georgia by subscribing on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/cw/TalkGeorgia or donating at https://buymeacoffee.com/talkgeorgia PLEASE 🔔 SUBSCRIBE ❤️ LIKE 💬 COMMENT 📣 SHARE Guest: Giorgi Tumasyan | Georgia First Political Initiative | MPA, Chairman of Armenian Community Platform of Georgia. 01:51 – Introducing the guest 02:52 – Analysis of the Armenian election results 12:22 – Assessing Russian interference in Armenia’s elections: has Moscow failed miserably, or is the game just beginning? What should Pashinyan’s government do to deter the Kremlin? 24:17 – Can Prime Minister Pashinyan continue walking a tightrope between Russia and the West? How can he defend Armenia’s democracy from Russian influence without becoming an autocrat himself? 43:51 – The impact of Armenia’s elections on Georgia: how a more democratic Armenia under Pashinyan’s government could become a second home for Georgians and support their struggle against authoritarianism 51:48 – Regional and geopolitical implications of Pashinyan’s electoral victory: can Armenia keep U.S. and EU attention focused on the South Caucasus? What should the EU do to shield Armenia from Russian pressure? 1:04:28 – Final message from Giorgi Tumasyan

France's Secret Operation in Georgia? | The Rubio–Kobakhidze Clash Explained | TGQT Ep. 49

Support Talk Georgia by subscribing on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/cw/TalkGeorgia or donating at https://buymeacoffee.com/talkgeorgia PLEASE 🔔 SUBSCRIBE ❤️ LIKE 💬 COMMENT 📣 SHARE This is a special edition of Talk Georgia, which airs every Sunday at 22:00, where Giorgi Rukhadze and Nodar Kharshiladze answer audience questions about Georgian and regional politics. Top Questions of the week: Jacques French media are reporting an alleged spy scandal between Paris and Tbilisi, claiming that France had to withdraw two intelligence officers after Georgian authorities threatened to expose them. What do you know about the case? Is it linked to Mr Ivanishvili, who is a French national? Nana If Georgian Dream wants to improve relations with the US administration, why does Mr Kobakhidze continue to attack Joe Wilson and suggest that Secretary Rubio is lying? Please send your questions for the next show to talkgeorgia1@gmail.com

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France's Secret Operation in Georgia? | The Rubio–Kobakhidze Clash Explained | TGQT Ep. 49

Support Talk Georgia by subscribing on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/cw/TalkGeorgia or donating at https://buymeacoffee.com/talkgeorgia PLEASE 🔔 SUBSCRIBE ❤️ LIKE 💬 COMMENT 📣 SHARE This is a special edition of Talk Georgia, which airs every Sunday at 22:00, where Giorgi Rukhadze and Nodar Kharshiladze answer audience questions about Georgian and regional politics. Top Questions of the week: Jacques French media are reporting an alleged spy scandal between Paris and Tbilisi, claiming that France had to withdraw two intelligence officers after Georgian authorities threatened to expose them. What do you know about the case? Is it linked to Mr Ivanishvili, who is a French national? Nana If Georgian Dream wants to improve relations with the US administration, why does Mr Kobakhidze continue to attack Joe Wilson and suggest that Secretary Rubio is lying? Please send your questions for the next show to talkgeorgia1@gmail.com

Ivanishvili: A Spin Dictator? How to Challenge His Power | Guest: Khatia Dekanoidze | Ep. 52

Support Talk Georgia by subscribing on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/cw/TalkGeorgia or donating at https://buymeacoffee.com/talkgeorgia PLEASE 🔔 SUBSCRIBE ❤️ LIKE 💬 COMMENT 📣 SHARE Guest: Khatia Dekanoidze, former Education Minister of Georgia and former Chief of Ukraine’s National Police. 01:05 – Introducing the Guest 03:31 – How she came across How to Stand Up to a Dictator by Maria Ressa, why she decided to translate it into Georgian, and what she is translating next. 08:04 – Khatia Dekanoidze’s path to police reform in Georgia and Ukraine. Which was more difficult? 22:07 – What would she do differently if she were reforming the police and other law enforcement agencies today? And what does the Gori incident reveal about the state of the Georgian police? 33:03 – Current affairs: the alleged spy scandal and the Ministry of Internal Affairs’ so-called “censorship department.” Is Ivanishvili a spin dictator, and how does he use propaganda to maintain his power? 43:26 – The Saakashvili–Melia “war of letters”: who benefits, where it is heading, and how the opposition can regain momentum and challenge Ivanishvili’s rule. 54:32 – Regional geopolitics: developments on the battlefield in Ukraine, growing U.S. and European engagement in the Caucasus, Armenia’s critical elections, Russia’s attempts to meddle, and Georgia’s place in a changing region.