Foreign direct investment (FDI) from Russia has also spiked, with $67 million flowing into Georgia in the first nine months of 2023, a 17% increase from the prior year, according to Geostat. Of that, $19.8 million targeted real estate, reflecting a trend of Russian capital seeking safe havens.

A former aide to Georgia's most powerful man has fled the country in the middle of his trial on charges of embezzling cryptocurrency worth more than $700 million which he says are politically motivated.

The two-round presidential elections in Abkhazia, which were won by Badra Gunba, have far-reaching consequences both for Transcaucasia and for the post-Soviet space as a whole. The outcome of the elections also has a positive effect on the situation of Russia.

Georgia has celebrated the third anniversary of the start of a special military operation in a completely new capacity from a political point of view. The Georgian Dream, which won last year's parliamentary elections,

Many have been talking about the heated meeting of Presidents Trump and Zelenskyy on Friday, including Georgia's leaders. Here's what we know.

Silent shock and audible groans ran through many Ukrainian New Yorkers last month when President Donald Trump called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “dictator.” Those same reactions occurred several days later at the Oval Office when Trump and Vice President J.

Georgians broadly supported Maidan protests in Ukraine seeking closer integration with Europe, elimination of corruption and malign foreign influence. Those goals resonate with Georgia’s current opposition.

Bitadze is not the only Georgian fighting in Ukraine after suffering life-changing injures. Zurab Jibuti, from the Georgian Legion in Ukraine lost both of his legs during an incursion into Russia’s Belgorod region by Ukrainian-linked forces in 2023. He has since rejoined the fighting to serve as a machine gunner on an armored vehicle.

Lt. Gov. Burt Jones said Trump was "100% right" following a tense meeting in the Oval Office with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni proposed extending NATO's Article 5 on collective security to Ukraine without the country’s membership in the Alliance. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing the Italian Prime Minister's statement during a conversation with journalists on the sidelines of the EU leaders' meeting in Brussels.

The two men barely pay attention. They’ve heard it all before, and know they can’t change much. Benor is a veteran of the Second Chechen War. Vakha, who once served in the Georgian army, fought in 1993 against Russian-backed Abkhazian separatists.