Will the regime in Georgia fall? With Madame President Salomé Zourabichvili
About this episode
The episode features an analysis of Georgia's crisis and an interview with President Salomé Zourabichvili.
In this live special edition of «Ukrainapodden» recorded at Kronesalen, Sentralen in Oslo, co-hosts Tormod Malvin Sæther and Lasha Kavtaradze bring you an essential analysis of Georgia’s escalating domestic and geopolitical crisis. The episode format is split into two distinct acts, kicking off with an expert panel before reaching its grand finale with the headlining interview featuring Georgia's fifth president. The audio quality is not the best, but the best we could manage considering the venue we were recording in. The first half of the episode shines a light on the brutal human rights violations currently occurring under the ruling Georgian Dream government. Investigative journalist Irma Dimitradze from Gazeti Batumelebi shares a harrowing update on her imprisoned colleague Mzia Amaglobeli, who has suffered severe vision loss following a hunger strike. Alongside her, human rights experts Ane Tusvik Bonde from Amnesty International Norge and Gunnar Ekeløve-Slydal from Den norske Helsingforskomité unpack the terrifying reality of the «Russian law», the deployment of toxic chemical agents against student protesters, and the…
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