🇬🇪BREAKING: The Council of Europe (CoE) has set strict conditions for granting Georgia’s ruling party, Georgian Dream (GD), credentials at PACE
Failure to comply by April 2025 could lead to full suspension—and open the door for more sanctions.
🧵The heat is on Georgian Dream ... PACE’s conditions are clear and non-negotiable
📌 New, democratic elections under international monitoring
📌 End police brutality & repression
📌 Release political prisoners
📌 Repeal the “Foreign Agents” law
📌 Restore EU integration process
📌 Judicial & legislative reforms

🇬🇪Russia’s economy is under strict sanctions to weaken its ability to fund its war against Ukraine🇺🇦. Yet, oil continues to flow into Europe disguised as "Georgian-origin" products.
🧵🛢️A recent investigation reveals how Georgian Dream plays a key role in sanction evasion. This thread is based on an investigation by iFact, an organization dedicated to advancing investigative journalism in Georgia through evidence-based reporting. Their findings highlight critical gaps in sanction enforcement. Credit to their vital work.
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🇬🇪HELP! Georgia suffered a fraudulent election that dismantled democracy and led to a one-party parliament under Georgian Dream. The Council of Europe’s fact-finding mission confirms widespread human rights violations.
Georgian Dream must be denied credentials at PACE! The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) must act. Article 8.2 of its Rules of Assembly allows for the rejection of credentials in cases of:
🔹Serious violations of CoE principles.
🔹Persistent failure to meet commitments.
Georgian Dream has crossed both lines.

🇬🇪The Council of Europe @coe Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O’Flaherty @CommissionerHR, has issued a devastating indictment of the Georgian Dreams’s human rights record. His findings highlight systemic abuses, legislative overreach, and shrinking space for civil society. The Commissioner calls out the lack of accountability for police violence during protests in April 2024 and since November 2024. Despite credible reports of unlawful arrests and ill-treatment, not a single law enforcement officer is prosecuted.

🇬🇪Language is power. How politicians frame their opponents shapes public opinion, silences dissent, and consolidates control. Georgian Dream’s rhetoric echoes authoritarian regimes of the past—think Mussolini’s Italy, Nazi Germany, and Franco’s Spain.
🧵Let’s unpack this.
1/20 Georgian Dream leaders like Bidzina Ivanishvili, Irakli Kobakhidze, and Shalva Papuashvili frequently use terms like "extreme," "radical," "liberal fascism," and "Global War Party" to label their opponents.
But this language isn't just hollow and colorful—it’s also strategic.
2/20

🇬🇪The UK has a unique opportunity to support Georgia’s democracy by imposing sanctions on Bidzina Ivanishvili and his network, including Irakli Rukhadze, Ucha Mamatsashvili, Hunnewell Partners, and Imedi TV.
🧵Let’s unpack why UK action is critical.
1/15 Ivanishvili’s family business empire is deeply tied to UK offshore jurisdictions like the British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands. Over 95 companies, including Cartu Bank, Galleria Tbilisi, and Axis Towers, could face crippling financial sanctions.
2/15

https://x.com/Transparency_GE/status/1880218854724350200

🇬🇪How can Irakli Chikovani from Georgian Dream be at NATO Ramstein summit. From a party tied to stolen elections, human rights violations, and led by Ivanishvili, a sanctioned Russian asset? @NATO
Legitimizing such a regime undermines Ukraine’s allies.
🧵This is a grave mistake. Irakli Chikovani at Ramstein is dangerous. Representing a party tied to massive election fraud and Russian influence and connections, his presence raises serious security concerns. How can NATO allies justify sharing sensitive strategies with such a compromised figure?
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🇬🇪As OSCE Chair in 2025, Finland has the power to shape foreign policy decisions with long-lasting consequences. Yet, its approach toward Georgia risks echoing Chamberlain's infamous "Peace in our time!" These decisions could define whether sovereignty or appeasement prevails. 🧵 Georgia is at a tipping point: a fraudulent government, beaten protesters, and calls for new elections demand a decisive OSCE response.
Finland's principled stand against Russian hybrid warfare in the Baltic Sea should guide leadership—not waver in the face of authoritarianism.

🇬🇪Georgia's Anaklia Deep-Water Port was once a symbol of ambition—a project poised to make Georgia a vital link between Europe and Asia. Today, it tells a story of lost opportunities and troubling geopolitical shifts.
🧵Here’s how Georgian Dream is handing Georgia to China🇨🇳
1/15 First mentioned in 2007 during Saakashvili's presidency, plans for the Anaklia port gained traction between 2014 and 2016. It aimed to make Georgia a vital transit hub, bypassing Russia. A Georgian-American consortium initially won the bid to develop it.
2/15

🇬🇪On Dec 30, significant legislative changes were signed by "President" Kavelashvili. These laws introduce new restrictions on protests and public administration.
🧵GD is digging in and giving a middle finger to those urging them to "consider the possibility of new elections"
/17 Law on Civil Service: The Georgian Young Lawyers Association (GYLA) warns that these amendments blur the line between state and party service, creating a legislative basis for Georgian Dream (GD) to turn public institutions into tools of political control.
2/17

🇬🇪 The consequences of U.S. sanctions on Bidzina Ivanishvili under Executive Order 14024 (not the Magnitsky Act) will be devastating.
When implemented, these sanctions will have far-reaching implications for Ivanishvili and Georgia’s political landscape.
🧵 💰earthquake ...
1/13 Sanctions under EO 14024 don’t just target Ivanishvili as an individual; they can ripple through his vast network of businesses, political allies, and financial assets.
The U.S. aims to cut off his influence by isolating him from the global system.
2/13

🇬🇪Catastrophe for Georgian Dream!
The International Republican Institute (IRI) has revealed Georgia’s Oct. 26 elections as deeply flawed. Fraud, intimidation, and abuse of state power made the elections neither free nor fair.
🧵Let’s unpack how this fraud unfolded ... The IRI’s findings show Georgian Dream weaponized state power to cement control. Coming from a Republican-leaning organization, this report is a catastrophe for Georgian Dream’s legitimacy.
2/17
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🇬🇪Sanctions are already working.
Bidzina Ivanishvili is petrified, and his panic proves it.
How do we know? By watching how he and Georgian Dream have reacted to the wave of sanctions over the past weeks.
🧵Let’s go through it ...
1/11 🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹When the Baltic states imposed sanctions, Ivanishvili scoffed.
He ridiculed them, dismissing their actions as "only hurting the Baltic people". There was no retaliation, no panic.
Indifference was the message.
2/11

In 2024, Georgia's political landscape has dramatically shifted from 2020. The self-proclaimed ruling party, Georgian Dream (GD), faces unprecedented international pressure, signaling its potential downfall.
🧵Georgian Dream is about to go down ...
1/17 The Oct. 26 parliamentary elections were marred by fraud, including multiple voting, breaches of ballot secrecy, and violence against election observers and voters.
2/17

🇬🇪The Council of Europe’s visit to Georgia does not legitimize the government. Unlike the EU or national leaders, the CoE's role is technical, human rights-focused, and non-political.
A point Georgian Dream may miss?
The CoE will likely monitor the new elections ahead 🧵
1/15 The Council of Europe (CoE), led by Secretary General Alain Berset @alain_berset, is not the EU. It operates with a very specific mandate: to promote human rights, democracy, and the rule of law among its 46 member states, including Georgia.
2/15

🇬🇪Sanctioned by Estonia🇪🇪—a nation unyielding in principle—you now live with a mark🎯.
Every border, every bank transfer, every trip raises a question: “Will this be the country that shuts the door?”
This isn’t just a list. It’s their new reality.
1/14 On December 13: Estonia expanded its sanctions list to include 14 individuals for human rights violations.
Some of these names also appear on Ukraine’s national sanctions list.
Estonia acted decisively, with input from its embassy in Tbilisi. Here is why they are sanctioned
/14

🇬🇪Sanctions. It is only a matter of time before the EU, individual countries, and the US impose sanctions—not just on Georgian officials attacking democracy and protesters, but also on business figures financing and sustaining Georgian Dream and 🇷🇺 grip on power.
🧵💰thread.
1/24 Sanctions must target those responsible for:
1️⃣ Rigging elections (GD leaders, judiciary, security services).
2️⃣ Crackdowns on protesters (MIA, police, security services).
3️⃣ Financing Georgian Dream through corrupt business ties.
2/24

https://x.com/terjehelland/status/1863893724008186312

🇬🇪The West’s hesitation in responding to the crisis in Georgia is a grave mistake. The dynamics on the ground are clear: Protesters are fighting against a regime that has captured every institution. They have no allies left within the system—only the hope of Western support.
1/4 The longer the West waits, the more time Georgian Dream has to crush resistance, consolidate power, and complete its state takeover. In this moment, cautious statements and delays amount to de facto support for the very regime the West claims to oppose.

🇬🇪Vakhtang Gomelauri, Georgia’s Minister of Internal Affair, is emerging as a central figure in the violent crackdowns on peaceful protesters in Tbilisi. His role is not new—Gomelauri has long been a loyal enforcer for Bidzina Ivanishvili’s regime.
🧵Let’s dig into his history
/8 Gomelauri began his career as part of Ivanishvili’s personal security team. His loyalty earned him rapid promotions once Ivanishvili came to power, moving from the shadows of personal protection to the highest ranks of the Georgian state apparatus.
2/8

🇬🇪Georgia is at a breaking point. The people are rising up against Georgian Dream (GD), an anti-European regime that has rigged elections, usurped power, and unleashed brutal violence against peaceful protesters.
🧵Here is how important the Wests actions are right now.
1/25
📷@OCMediaorg Western politicians and decision-makers: your actions—or inaction—will directly influence the dynamics on the ground in Georgia.
This thread outlines what’s happening and the critical steps the West must take to support Georgia’s fight for freedom.
2/25

🇬🇪Georgian Dream’s habit of deflecting criticism with desperate attempts to appear in control would be comic if it weren’t so serious.
Their latest misstep might be their biggest yet, but their childish logic has other notable precedents—from diplomats to democracy.
🧵1/6 The biggest blunder came after the EU Parliament condemned the fraudulent elections, froze membership talks, and demanded new elections.
PM Kobakhidze bluntly claimed Georgia wouldn’t pursue EU integration until 2028, sparking today’s mass protests
2/6
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