Podcasts about mikheil saakashvili

Conversations on GroongTopics:The Maidan Massacre: Key findings from Ivan Katchanovski's research and its implicationsThe Ukraine War: How the Maidan events set the stage for the ongoing conflict.Conflicting Narratives: Dissecting media, government, and eyewitness accounts of the massacreForeign Involvement: The roles of Russia, the West, and other actors in Ukraine's political crisisLessons for Georgia and Armenia: What Ukraine's experience teaches about geopolitics in the South CaucasusGuest: Ivan KatchanovskiBOOK: The Maidan Massacre in Ukraine: The Mass Killing that Changed the WorldSupport Prof. Katchanovki's work here:  via GoFundMe https://gofund.me/52b68e07  via PayPal (account: ikatchan@uottawa.ca) VIDEO: https://youtu.be/o0bCbTYTFNYHosts:Hovik ManucharyanAsbed BedrossianEpisode 393 | Recorded: December 7, 2024https://podcasts.groong.org/393VIDEO VERSION: https://youtu.be/o0bCbTYTFNY#UkraineWar #MaidanMassacre #IvanKatchanovski #Geopolitics #UkraineCrisis #EasternEurope #Armenia #PoliticalViolence #EuroMaidan #SouthCaucasusSubscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong

Conversations on GroongTopics:Escalation in SyriaCOP29 SummitCan NATO save Armenia?Guest: Jeffrey SachsHosts:Hovik ManucharyanAsbed BedrossianEpisode 391 | Recorded: December 4, 2024https://podcasts.groong.org/391#JeffreySachs #ArmeniaNews #COP29 #SouthCaucasus #Geopolitics #NagornoKarabakh #MiddleEast #GlobalDiplomacy #BRICS #ClimateActionSubscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong

Conversations on GroongTopics:  - Constitutional Crisis In Georgia?  - Western Reactions and Escalation  - Russian Reactions and Georgia's Strategic Direction  - Unrest In AbkhaziaGuest: Archil SikharulidzeHosts:  - Hovik Manucharyan  - Asbed BedrossianEpisode 388 | Recorded: November 30, 2024https://podcasts.groong.org/388Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong

Conversations on Groong - Nov 3, 2024Topics:  - Georgian Elections Outcome  - Political Landscape  - Effect on Armenia and BeyondGuest: Johnny G. MelikianHosts:  - Hovik Manucharyan  - Asbed BedrossianRecorded: October 30, 2024Show notes: https://podcasts.groong.org/381Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong

Nino Skvortsova - Political Science, Politics, and Identity in Georgia, Relations With ArmeniaConversations on Groong - Oct 21, 2024Topics:Political Science in GeorgiaElections and Potential Political PivotInfluences on Georgian IdentityGeorgia-Armenia RelationsGuest:Nino SkvortsovaHosts:Hovik ManucharyanAsbed BedrossianShow notes: https://podcasts.groong.org/375Episode 375 | Recorded: October 15, 2024Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong

Nikoloz Bitsadze - Georgian Elections in October 2024 | Ep 370 - Sep 26, 2024Conversations on GroongTopics:Election, Politics, and The Geopolitical ContextWho are the Major External Influencers in Georgia's Politics?Is Talk of Civilizational Catastrophe, or Rapprochement with Abkhazia/South Ossetia Election-time Populism?Neutrality and Georgian-Armenian RelationsGuest:Dr. Nikoloz Bitsadze, TW/@nickland1995Hosts:Hovik Manucharyan - TW/@HovikYerevanAsbed Bedrossian - TW/@qubriqEpisode 370 | Recorded: September 26, 2024Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong

David Darchiashvili - Georgian Elections in October 2024| Ep 363 - Sep 14, 2024Conversations on GroongTopics:Election and Politics, and The Geopolitical ContextWho are the Major External Influencers in Georgia's Politics?Why is the EU hell bent against the Law on “Foreign Agents”?Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Russia RelationsGuest:Dr. David Darchiashvili - TW/@davidarchiashviHosts:Hovik Manucharyan - TW/@HovikYerevanAsbed Bedrossian - TW/@qubriqEpisode 363 | Recorded: September 11, 2024Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong

Sopo Japaridze - USSR: A common Home & History | Armenian Georgian Relations - Ep 330 - May 18, 2024Conversations on GroongTopics:Labor Unions, Organization and NGOs in GeorgiaUSSR: A common Home & HistoryGeorgia's Foreign Agent BillArmenia-Georgian RelationsGuest:Sopo Japaridze - TW/@sopjapHosts:Hovik Manucharyan - TW/@HovikYerevanAsbed Bedrossian - TW/@qubriqEpisode 330 | Recorded: May 17, 2024Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong

On today's show, Levan Gudadze provides a geopolitical overview. GUEST OVERVIEW: Levan Gudadze is a blogger and journalist born in the USSR, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic. He's a graduate of Tbilisi State University, Faculty of Journalism and worked in leading news agencies in Georgia. He's headed news agencies and worked with Russian media. In 2009, Levan was forced to move with his family to Russia due to a conflict with the regime of President Mikheil Saakashvili. In 2021 he became a Russian citizen and founded his own media project “Levan Gudadze—Opinion” in 2022. https://www.youtube.com/@LevanGudadze  

Support the podcast, become a patron, get additional benefits: https://bit.ly/3nMGeYjAga and Adam start this episode by discussing the upcoming NATO summit, fears linked to a potential nuclear sabotage at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, and tensions between Ukraine and Georgia over the state of health of Mikheil Saakashvili.Aga then sits down with Marek Menkiszak, the Head of the Russian Department at the Centre for Eastern Studies in Poland and a lecturer at the Centre for East European Studies at the University of Warsaw. Together, they discuss the origins of Prigozhin's march on Moscow on 23-24 June, its conduct, the surprising resolution of the crisis involving Belarus' Alyaksandr Lukashenka, and potential aftermath for all parties involved.Find more analysis on Russia from the Center for European Studies at https://www.osw.waw.pl/enRead the latest on New Eastern Europe- "The point of no return" by: Valerii Pekar https://neweasterneurope.eu/2023/06/30/the-point-of-no-return/- “Russia's Wagner rebellion: how will Putin emerge from the crisis?” Joshua R. Kroeker, https://neweasterneurope.eu/2023/06/29/russias-wagner-rebellion-how-will-putin-emerge-from-the-crisis/This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4065065/advertisement

Mikheil Saakashvili claims he has been tortured and poisoned in prison for standing up to Russian president Vladimir Putin. What happens to him could decide Georgia's future.Tortoise is a newsroom devoted to slow journalism.For early access and ad-free listening subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts or join Tortoise for £60 a year.As a member you'll also get our newsletters and tickets to live events. Just go to tortoisemedia.com/slowdown.If you'd like to further support slow journalism and help us build a different kind of newsroom, do consider donating to Tortoise at tortoisemedia.com/support-us. Your contributions allow us to investigate, campaign and explore, and to build a newsroom that is responsible and sustainable. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Journalist Shalva Ramishvili accused of sexual violence, the US State Department's report on the human rights situation in Georgia in 2022, Public defender Levan Ioseliani visited ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili at the "Viva Med" clinic, Giorgi Amilakhvari was nominated as the new Minister of Education by Gharibashvili, and much more!Thanks for tuning in!Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at georgia@rorshok.com or follow us on Instagram @Rorshok_G or Twitter @RorshokGeorgia or Mastodon @georgia@rorshok.socialLike what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds.Substackhttps://rorshok.substack.com/

Georgia's Law on Foreign Agents, Protests and AftermathA conversation with Johnny G. MelikianOn March 7, the Georgian parliament voted into law a bill that would require political actors to clarify their foreign funding sources and their activities to lobby lawmakers with such funding. This ignited large protests in Tbilisi, and on March 9 the parliament agreed to rescind the law and to release arrested opposition members. We analyze the events and the outcome.Guest:Johnny G. Melikian is a senior research fellow at the Orbeli Center for analysis, and the head of the Center for Political and Legal Studies. He has worked as a consultant for the International Crisis Group, and was a visiting fellow at Georgia's Ilia State UniversityHosts:Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevanAsbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriqEpisode 238 | Recorded: March 15, 2023Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong

Support the podcast, become a patron, get additional benefits: https://bit.ly/3nMGeYj In this episode of Talk Eastern Europe, Adam and Agnieszka start out with a discussion on the state of Russian influence in the region with a focus on Georgia and Moldova. Later, Agnieszka provides a brief rundown of the recent Estonian elections.For the main interview, Adam is joined by Grigol Julukhidze - the director of the Foreign Policy Council, a think tank in Tbilisi. He specialises in security studies and propaganda research and is also a lecturer at Ilia State University. Adam and Grigol dissect the recent events surrounding the introduction (and later withdrawal) of the so-called foreign agent law in Georgia and what the consequences are for the country.During the special bonus section available for patrons, Grigol discussion the current state of Mikheil Saakashvili as well as how Georgia has changed with the influx of Russians escaping mobilisation.Listen to the full episode by signing up here: https://bit.ly/3Fox3IyFor further reading"The European Dream: Georgia's growing anti-European rhetoric undermines its pro-western aspirations" by Giorgi Beroshvili, New Eastern Europe, 10 March 2023: https://neweasterneurope.eu/2023/03/10/the-european-dream-georgias-growing-anti-european-rhetoric-undermines-its-pro-western-aspirations/“Russian soft power in Georgia: “People's Power” and the “foreign agent” media law” by Davit Totadze, New Eastern Europe 3 March 2023: https://neweasterneurope.eu/2023/03/03/russian-soft-power-in-georgia-peoples-power-and-the-foreign-agent-media-law/

Georgian painter investigated for removing own painting from exhibition, EU Parliament urges Georgia to pardon and release ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili, Ned Price called out Georgian parliament for the new draft bill regarding the transparency of foreign influence, and much more!Thanks for tuning in!Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at georgia@rorshok.com. Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds.Commission Analytical report on Georgia's alignment with the EU acquishttps://neighbourhood-enlargement.ec.europa.eu/commission-analytical-report-georgias-alignment-eu-acquis_en Bakuriani 2023https://bakuriani2023.ge/

The government closed the border with Belarus, the country purchased rocket systems HIMARS, the Prime MInister offered medical care for Mikheil Saakashvili, an interesting story about a man and a padlock, and much more!Thanks for tuning in!Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at podcast@rorshok.com Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds.

Mikheil Saakashvili's sentence, UNM Parliamentary Boycott, a disclosure of the law firm Akerman with the United States Justice Department, European Commission's report, Georgian TV channel Formula fires 23 camera operators, Zugdidi bank robber arrested after 27 months on the run, and much more!Thanks for tuning in!Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at georgia@rorshok.com. Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds.No Candidacy: EU's Fatal Error?https://civil.ge/archives/524117 One Fair Exchange in the Greatest Story Ever Worn | Fair Exchange | Levi'shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b5U9JnZxEM https://rorshok.substack.com/p/attention-platforms-and-mastodon?sd=pf

Global leaders are raising alarms over the condition of former president Mikheil Saakashvili.

Global leaders are raising alarms over the condition of former president Mikheil Saakashvili.

Mariam Nikuradze talks about Levan Khabeishvili's election as the United National Movement's chair and recent statements about pulling the party out of the parliament in exchange for Mikheil Saakashvili's release from prison. Read more: New UNM leader vows party will leave parliament if Saakashvili is freed Ismi Aghayev discusses the fatal 27 January attack on the Azerbaijani Embassy in Tehran and its effects on the already strained Baku–Tehran relations. Read more: One dead in attack on Azerbaijani Embassy in Iran Become a supporter at oc-media.org/support_us, or on Patreon.

Updates on Mikheil Saakashvili, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the implementation of the Georgia-EU Association Agreement, Georgia's main New Year tree lit up in central Tbilisi, an underwater electricity cable between Georgia and the European Union, and much more!Thanks for tuning in!Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at georgia@rorshok.com. Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds.Georgia's Most UNIQUE FOOD Culture!! I've Never Eaten Anything Like This!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_py5mFvfC_4 Fenced In: Stabilising the Georgia-South Ossetia Separation Linehttps://www.crisisgroup.org/europe-central-asia/caucasus/georgia/fenced-stabilising-georgia-south-ossetia-separation-line?utm_source=Sign%20Up%20to%20Crisis%20Group%27s%20Email%20Updates&utm_campaign=1c73daf793-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_12_03_04_07_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1dab8c11ea-1c73daf793-360046236&fbclid=IwAR0Y1b5jTw-yZRhEbSndhXTGtz_dowsyfG7mAd3KvrANNMPDnBM2dfbLHWM

Time Magazine declares Ukrainian president Zelensky as its 2022 "Person of the Year". #ukraine #zelensky #russia LINKS✏️ Dave Smith & Joe Rogan discuss reasons for Ukraine war: https://bit.ly/3P8CZJq✏️ The "Snipers' Massacre" on the Maidan in Ukraine Ivan Katchanovski: https://bit.ly/3VWu2VRIn-depth study of reasons for 2014 coup in Ukraine (US-backed).✏️ Audio recording revealing US' role in 2014 coup: https://bit.ly/3FwVmVi✏️ How and why the U.S. Government Perpetrated the 2014 Coup in Ukraine: https://bit.ly/3PbWRLW✏️  Wikispooks info re: Maidan Massacre: https://bit.ly/3VFU4gk✏️  John Mearsheimer giving reasons for Ukraine war: https://bit.ly/3FhQyls

  Mr. Igor Lopatonok is an Ukrainian-born producer and director Links to his documentaries (watch free online): Documentary: Ukraine on Fire (2016) (featuring Oliver Stone) Documentary: Revealing Ukraine (2019) (featuring Oliver Stone) Documentary: Ukraine: 30 Years of Independence - The Everlasting Present Documentary: Maidan Massacre YouTube and Vimeo censoring Igor and his documentaries Glenn Greenwald highly recommends Ukraine on Fire; check the tweets below: Tweet 1, Tweet 2, Tweet 3, Tweet 4, Tweet 5, Tweet 6 Susan Sarandon tweets about Ukraine on Fire How and why Igor decided to make documentaries on Ukraine Igor's experience working with Oliver Stone Viktor Medvedchuk in Revealing Ukraine Sheeple following the narrative of "Russian aggression" blindly The civil war going on in Eastern Ukraine (Donbas) for the past eight years There's no mention of neo-nazis by the Western media Mikheil Saakashvili, the former President of Georgia appointed as the Governor of Ukraine's Odessa Oblast in 2015 Was the Maidan massacre a false flag operation? All the usual troublemakers of the world were active in Ukraine like George Soros, NGOs, CIA proxies, etc. Robert Parry of Consortium News featured in Ukraine on Fire "Sometimes I don't quite understand the logic of our partners, sometimes it looks like they need an external enemy to keep in leash and establish discipline in their own, so-called Western European Bloc" - Vladimir Putin Documentary: Watch Oliver Stone's The Putin Interviews for free: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 The Military Industrial Complex profits from war Russian suffering at the hands of Nazis The CIA has been building neo-nazi assets in Ukraine for 70 years Russia will not hestitate to use nuclear weapons if their very existence is threatened Ukraine's President Zelensky hints at developing nuclear weapons Russia's aims are the demilitarization and de-nazification of Ukraine Putin's 2007 Munich speech: Video, Transcript Was the 2014 Crimean referendum fake? Video: Kiev MP Petro Poroshenko jeered and chased by Crimean protesters (2014) An article in nbcnews.com about the same incident Zelenskyy is playing a role and reading the dialogs written by the script writer !! "The United States aids Ukraine and her people so that we can fight Russia over there and we don't have to fight Russia here" - Rep. Adam Schiff Video: Adam Schiff on why US funds Ukraine (watch for 10 sec) Video: Nuland-Pyatt leaked phone conversation The illogical and false narrative of Russiagate The propaganda documentary Winter on Fire (2015) Documentary: Ukraine - Masks of the Revolution (2016) Igor's next documentary series titled QAZAQ: History of the Golden Man Trailer: QAZAQ: History of the Golden Man Igor's next project on Ukraine titled Ukraine: Final Confrontation Igor Lopatonok's facebook page Global Tree Pictures YouTube channel Global Tree Rumble Page Part B: David Denton; beginning at 1:09:40 Upcoming JFK conference on April 8th and 9th Details of the event can be found here The in-person event is free and open to the public Get access to the zoom meeting at just $40 Speakers include Dr. John Newman, Robert Groden, Gary Shaw, Brian Edwards, Prof. Mal Hyman Book: Burying the Lead: The Media and the JFK Assassination by Mal Hyman Paperback, Kindle "To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child" - Marcus Cicero  

Mikheil Saakashvili, a former president, is seven weeks into a hunger strike and protests supporting him are proliferating. We ask where the country is headed. China's state-sponsored industrial espionage is growing more overt and more organised—and little can be done to stop it. And how to figure out the past tense of verbs like “green-light” and “gaslight”.For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mikheil Saakashvili, a former president, is seven weeks into a hunger strike and protests supporting him are proliferating. We ask where the country is headed. China's state-sponsored industrial espionage is growing more overt and more organised—and little can be done to stop it. And how to figure out the past tense of verbs like “green-light” and “gaslight”.For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Tbilisi City Court began the trial in the case of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili on Wednesday, November 10. But the proceedings were quickly adjourned until the end of the month. Original Article: https://meduza.io/en/news/2021/11/10/trial-of-ex-georgian-president-mikheil-saakashvili-adjourned-until-november-29

Rorshok's weekly ten-minute update of the big stuff happening in Georgia. Updates from the elections: incidents, violations and fabricated results; Mikheil Saakashvili's letter, MPs resignations, updates on the green passport initiative proposed by the NCDC, news for travel lovers and art fans, green journalism and much more! Thanks for tuning in! We want to know why you are listening, how you found us, and your life story! Thoughts? Recommendations? Important stuff we missed we might have missed, or topics you want us to cover? Things we got wrong, in your humble opinion? Let us know your thoughts and ideas by emailing us at podcast@rorshok.com Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds.

ANN/Groong Week in Review - October 31, 2021Topics:Georgia's Runoff ElectionsTurkish Drones in DonbasIran-Turkey TensionsThe G20 PaloozaGuests:Pietro ShakarianHosts:Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevanAsbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriqEpisode 96 | Recorded: October 31, 2021

Since early October, there have been ongoing protests in Tbilisi by political oppositionists demanding the release of former President Mikheil Saakashvili, who was arrested after secretly crossing the border into Georgia and returning to the country for the first time in eight years. He now faces at least six years in prison. Meduza asked Georgian journalist Diana Shanava to recount how the former president's homecoming has divided Georgian society. Original Article: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/10/28/misha-we-re-here

Rorshok's weekly ten-minute update of the big stuff happening in Georgia. Updates from the Natsebi and the Otsneba party rallies, worries about ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili's health condition, a possible cooperation between Georgia and Estonia, a green passport initiative proposed by the NCDC, variable energy prices for businesses, renovations for a social care centre for people with disabilities and much more! Thanks for tuning in! We want to know why you are listening, how you found us, and your life story! Thoughts? Recommendations? Important stuff we missed we might have missed, or topics you want us to cover? Things we got wrong, in your humble opinion? Let us know your thoughts and ideas by emailing us at podcast@rorshok.com Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. If you want to take a look at What on Earth Georgia's new episode, follow the link. 

ANN/Groong Week in Review - October 3, 2021Topics:Saakashvili Back in GeorgiaPutin, Erdogan, in SochiOSCE Minsk Group in Artsakh?Tonoyan, Galstyan in JailHovik in StepanakertGuests:Benyamin Poghosyan TW/@benyamin_poghosPietro ShakarianHosts:Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriqHovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevanEpisode 91 | Recorded: October 3, 2021

Former President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili was arrested upon returning to the country on Friday, September 1, Interfax reported. Original Article: https://meduza.io/en/news/2021/10/01/ex-president-mikheil-saakashvili-arrested-upon-returning-to-georgia

How did Georgia become what it is today? In this video, Andrew interviews Mikheil Saakashvili, the former President of Georgia. Watch as they discuss government, bureaucracy, the Soviet Union, and Saakashvili's life from childhood to education to politics to statelessness.

Scott Ritter, former UN weapon inspector in Iraq, joins us to discuss Iran. The signatories of the Iran nuclear deal met in Vienna on Tuesday, and there are signals that the US is considering a return to the agreement. Also, Israel is voicing its fury at the prospect of a renewed deal, and are suspected to be involved in attacks on Iranian merchant marine vessels.Neil Clark, journalist and broadcaster, joins us to discuss Julian Assange. Eleven years after Wikileaks released the collateral murder video which documented US war crimes in Iraq, the publisher of the information languishes in Belmarsh prison and the perpetrators walk free. Also, Caitlin Johnstone writes that the persecution of Julian Assange exposes the West's moral high ground claims as fraudulent and hypocritical.Ted Rall, political cartoonist and syndicated columnist, joins us to discuss domestic politics. The Senate parliamentarian has ruled that the upper chamber may use the reconciliation process at least two more times this year. This allows the ruling party to bypass the filibuster and pass legislation with a simple majority. This process may be used to pass both infrastructure and tax reform bills with no republican votes. Dan Lazare, investigative journalist and author of "America's Undeclared War," joins us to discuss the Nordstream 2 pipeline project. Germany is caught in an international tug of war as they fight the Biden administration over their right to self-determination. Recently, anti-Russian forces in the US and EU have upped the ante as they have started sending ships and submarines to disrupt Germany's energy infrastructure plan. Many suspect that the US is interfering in German politics and supporting the Green party.Dr. Iyabo Obasanjo, professor at College of William & Mary and daughter of former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, joins us to discuss the latest coronavirus news. Five US states, New York, Michigan, Florida, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, are currently accounting for 44% of new covid positive cases in the last week. Also, the issue of vaccine passports is emerging as the next partisan divide in the US.Mark Sleboda, Moscow-based international relations security analyst, joins us to discuss Ukraine. The Eastern European nation has plunged the continent into a tense standoff by threatening war with Russia. Many are comparing Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelensky's ham-fisted military maneuvers with those of Georgian politician Mikheil Saakashvili, who led his nation into a disastrous confrontation with Russia in South Ossetia.James Carey, editor/co-owner of Geopoliticsalert.com, joins us to discuss Afghanistan. President Biden is not revealing whether he will pull the troops from Afghanistan before the May 1st deadline agreed upon in previous negotiations. Many international security analysts point to his hawkishness and militaristic Secretary of State Antony Blinken as an indicator that he will most likely continue, and possibly intensify the twenty-year conflict. Dan Kovalik, writer, author, and lawyer, joins us to discuss Haiti. In his latest article, Berthony Dupont argues that "our country has been and still is the victim of what must be called the war of American imperialism against Haiti." He believes that the nation is "sinking into violence and institutional crisis" that was established by the former colonial powers of America, France, and Canada.

Support this podcast. Become a patron (even just $2 a month will help us!)www.patreon.com/talkeasterneurope On October 31st, Georgians will go to the polls in the next parliamentary elections. These elections will be a huge test to the current ruling party, the Georgian Dream, following new election reforms and the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout in the background. How will other factors such as Russian influence, attempts by the opposition to unite, or the an announced (however unlikely) return by former president Mikheil Saakashvili play into the election campaign? In this episode, Adam catches us with Mackenzie Baldinger, a contributing editor with New Eastern Europe, based in Tbilisi to discuss the current situation and what we might expect this fall. Resources:“Hardly a Georgian dream. Confronting COVID-19 in the midst of an election year” by Mackenzie Baldinger. New Eastern Europe issue 5/2020. https://neweasterneurope.eu/2020/09/07/hardly-a-georgian-dream-confronting-covid-19-in-the-midst-of-an-election-year/“Western pressure intensifies towards the Georgian Dream. Is Georgian democracy backsliding?” by Soso Dzamukashvili. New Eastern Europe 10 September 2020: https://neweasterneurope.eu/2020/09/10/western-pressure-intensifies-towards-the-georgian-dream-is-georgian-democracy-backsliding/ “Post-pandemic Georgia: stepping out of a political crisis?” by Soso Dzamukashvili. New Eastern Europe 9 June 2020: https://neweasterneurope.eu/2020/06/09/post-pandemic-georgia-stepping-out-of-political-crisis/ Talk Eastern Europe Episode 17: Zelenskyy wins big in Ukraine; Georgia protests against Russian influence: https://www.spreaker.com/user/talkeasterneurope/episode-17-zelenskyy-wins-big-in-ukraine Additional music in the podcastAutumn Rain by MusicLFiles https://filmmusic.io/song/6551-autumn-rainhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0Talk Eastern Europe is a member of the Europod network. Learn more here: https://www.bullemedia.eu/europod

The former President of Georgia joins Shadi and Damir to talk about how tricky reforms—such as police reforms—can succeed (and fail), about how identity is a slippery thing in the post-Soviet space, about liberalism, illiberalism, and Western haughtiness, and about his encounters with Donald Trump when he was just another rich guy with a political itch.

On this episode of Fault Lines, hosts Garland Nixon & Lee Stranahan broke news on the Magnitsky story with guest Lucy Komisar. We also talked more about the developing history of Russiagate and the impacts of US sanctions on the global pandemic response.Guests:Alexander Mercouris - Editor-in-Chief at TheDuran.com | SteeleChris Smalls - Activist and Organizer | May Day Workers' Strike at 6 Major Online RetailersScott Ritter - Former U.N. weapons inspector & WMD Whistleblower | SanctionsMark Sleboda - International Relations & Security Analyst | Russia's COVID Management, Saakashvili, & KhodorkovskyLucy Komisar - Investigative Journalist Focusing on Corporate and Financial Corruption | Magnitsky Photos & Australian Magnitsky ActIn our first hour we were joined by Alexander Mercouris to talk about Christopher Steele, the Steele dossier, and the revelation that Gen. Michael Flynn's own legal team apparently colluded to frame him.In our second hour we spoke with Chris Smalls about last Friday's major strikes at online retailers over working conditions, poor and delayed pay, and inadequate coronavirus workplace protections. Afterwords we spoke with Scott Ritter about the United States' sanctions on Iran as the country faced the earliest waves of infection outside of China, and the impact of our sanctions on Venezuela on their response.In our third hour we were joined from Moscow by Mark Sleboda to discuss Russia's response to COVID-19 after it was reported that Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin had contracted the novel coronavirus last week. We also spoke about the influence of Mikheil Saakashvili and Mikhail Khodorkovsky as political agents affecting the region.For our last half hour we were joined by Lucy Komisar to break news on the Magnitsky story after she obtained photos showing no signs of intentionally inflicted wounds, contradicting Bill Browder's long-standing narrative. She also told us about how the panel taking comments on Australia's planned Magnitsky Act has refused to approve or publish her work on this so far.

As Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky offers the former Georgian president a deputy prime minister’s seat, Andrew Mueller takes a look at Saakashvili’s questionable track record.

As Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky offers the former Georgian president a deputy prime minister’s seat, Andrew Mueller takes a look at Saakashvili’s questionable track record. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

In Episode 27, Melissa and Matt speak with author and strategist Molly McKew, a specialist in the integration of cyber warfare and psychological operations- in other words, the disinformation war we see being waged everywhere across our social media! McKew says the West is already at war, whether we want to be or not, calling Putin's operations in 2016 a modern-day "Pearl Harbor." Molly McKew has served as an adviser to the former president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili from 2009 to 2013. She is a writer and expert in information warfare specializing in U.S.-Russia relations. She also has her own lobbying firm, Fianna Strategies. Riveting and sobering insights from her here- take a listen:

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Dave Lindorff, an investigative reporter and columnist, and Gilbert Mercier, author and Editor in Chief of News Junkie Post.The death toll from yesterday’s shooting in a high school in Parkland Florida remains at 17, with three people still in critical condition. The shooting was emblematic of a larger problem of gun violence in the United States.South African President Jacob Zuma resigned yesterday under intense pressure from his own African National Congress party following accusations of corruption and bribery. ANC chairman Cyril Ramaphosa was immediately sworn in as president. In the hours before Zuma’s resignation, we spoke with Dr. Gerald Horne, an author and professor of history, about Zuma, the direction of the ANC, and South Africa’s political direction.The Russian Foreign Ministry said today that five Russian nationals were killed in a recent US airstrike in Syria. This is the first official recognition of an incident that will further strain US-Russian relations. Mark Sleboda, an international affairs and security analyst, joins the show.In the aftermath of the Florida shooting, former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has delayed the announcement of his candidacy for the US Senate seat being vacated by Orin Hatch of Utah, which will now come early next week. Does Romney have a burning desire to be in the US Senate? Or is he looking for a platform from which to run against President Trump? Brian and John speak with Ted Rall, an award-winning editorial cartoonist and columnist.A Sputnik News correspondent is reporting that Georgian snipers were active in Ukraine during the 2014 Maidan shootings, under the instruction of a former US Army officer. Exiled former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili left Ukraine for the Netherlands yesterday just as the story was being published. Alexander Mercouris, editor in chief of The Duran, joins the show.There’s a dirty little secret of American history called “Eugenics.” That’s the state-sponsored forced sterilization of women, almost always women of color or the developmentally disabled. This was a policy in states across America all the way into the 1970s. Dr. Kathryn Krase, a professor of social work at Long Island University and an attorney who focuses on family law, joins Brian and John.The Taliban has released an extraordinary 17,000 word statement addressed to the American people, asking them to pressure elected officials to end the war in Afghanistan, which has dragged on for more than 16 years. The statement adds that the US intervention has brought only death, corruption, and drugs to Afghanistan. Brian Terrell, a long time peace activist and a co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, joins the show.

De oud-Georgische president Mikheil Saakashvili is uit zijn nieuwe vaderland Oekraïne gedeporteerd. De anti-corruptie activist leeft al geruime tijd in onmin met de Oekraïense autoriteiten. Vanuit Polen, waar Saakashvili nu zit, hebben we contact met correspondent met correspondent Michiel Driebergen.  Foto: Flickr/ European People's Party

Georgia's former president turned Ukrainian politician is calling for a new round of anti-corruption protests against the government in Kiev. Mikheil Saakashvili was freed from custody by supporters last month and now faces imminent arrest, accused of acting on behalf of Russia. Speaking to The Newsmakers, he says he has more support from the Ukrainian people than the president, and suggests Petro Poroshenko has lost his legitimacy.

In the age of Donald Trump maybe the world is getting used to international politics delivering the unexpected. Stephen Sackur speaks to Mikheil Saakashvili who served two terms as President of Georgia. He then abandoned his home country to take citizenship in Ukraine, serving as a regional governor until he fell out spectacularly with the Ukrainian President. Now he's been stripped of Ukrainian citizenship and is stateless. So Is this the end of Mikhail Saakashvili's political career?

In the age of Donald Trump maybe the world is getting used to international politics delivering the unexpected. Stephen Sackur speaks to Mikheil Saakashvili who served two terms as President of Georgia. He then abandoned his home country to take citizenship in Ukraine, serving as a regional governor until he fell out spectacularly with the Ukrainian President. Now he's been stripped of Ukrainian citizenship and is stateless. So Is this the end of Mikhail Saakashvili’s political career?

Particularly since the appointment of Mikheil Saakashvili as regional governor in May 2015, the Black Sea port of Odessa has become an epicentre of Ukraine’s campaign for political and economic reform. In this public lecture, Professor Volodymyr Dubovyk (Director of the Centre for International Studies, I. Mechnikov National University, Odessa, Ukraine) positions Odessa as a prism through which to analyse Ukraine’s experience of revolution and war and its ongoing struggle with corruption.

Ukraine is grappling with security and economic challenges, which could bring the nation to its knees. The country needs a new generation of strong, reform-minded leaders - but does it need Mikheil Saakashvili? Hardtalk speaks to the former president of neighbouring Georgia, recently appointed governor of Ukraine's strategically vital Odessa region. He knows all about confrontation with Vladimir Putin - but is he a credible or wise addition to Ukraine's hard-pressed government?(Photo: Mikheil Saakashvili. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

On August 8, 2008 many Americans learned that Russia had gone to war with a mysterious country called Georgia over an even stranger territory called South Ossetia. Both Georgia and South Ossetia were located not on the southeastern seaboard of the United States, but in a mountainous region south of Russia called the Caucasus. The war was short, a mere four days, but during that time it became an campaign issue between Barack Obama and John McCain, a moment made memorable when McCain declared “We are all Georgians now.” For the Cold Warriors of yesteryear the world was remade familiar: Russia was enemy no. 1 again, Mikheil Saakashvili’s was a victim of Russian imperialism, and the Cold War was back as if it had never left. Those familiar with the South Caucasus know that the region is allergic to Cold War binaries. Its ethnic, linguistic, and religious complexity defy even the best social scientific models. Persistent conflicts mark the region. Azerbaijan and Armenia are at odds over Nagorno-Karabakh. Georgia has had to contend with separatist movements in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, both Russian protectorates. Of course, we can’t forget that the region also hosts two important energy pipelines–the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline and the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum gas pipeline–making the South Caucasus a geopolitical focus of the United States, the EU, and Russia. The 2008 South Ossetian War might have brought the region to the attention of many, but its origins have deep roots in the intricacies of the region’s history. Luckily, to make sense of the South Caucasus’ complicated past and volatile present, we have Thomas de Waal‘s The Caucasus: An Introduction (Oxford UP, 2010). De Waal clearly and succinctly outlines the morass that is the South Caucasus by laying out the histories, relations, and issues that drive present day Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan and their place in the world. Whether as a refresher or an initiation, The Caucasus: An Introduction is an important primer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On August 8, 2008 many Americans learned that Russia had gone to war with a mysterious country called Georgia over an even stranger territory called South Ossetia. Both Georgia and South Ossetia were located not on the southeastern seaboard of the United States, but in a mountainous region south of Russia called the Caucasus. The war was short, a mere four days, but during that time it became an campaign issue between Barack Obama and John McCain, a moment made memorable when McCain declared “We are all Georgians now.” For the Cold Warriors of yesteryear the world was remade familiar: Russia was enemy no. 1 again, Mikheil Saakashvili’s was a victim of Russian imperialism, and the Cold War was back as if it had never left. Those familiar with the South Caucasus know that the region is allergic to Cold War binaries. Its ethnic, linguistic, and religious complexity defy even the best social scientific models. Persistent conflicts mark the region. Azerbaijan and Armenia are at odds over Nagorno-Karabakh. Georgia has had to contend with separatist movements in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, both Russian protectorates. Of course, we can’t forget that the region also hosts two important energy pipelines–the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline and the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum gas pipeline–making the South Caucasus a geopolitical focus of the United States, the EU, and Russia. The 2008 South Ossetian War might have brought the region to the attention of many, but its origins have deep roots in the intricacies of the region’s history. Luckily, to make sense of the South Caucasus’ complicated past and volatile present, we have Thomas de Waal‘s The Caucasus: An Introduction (Oxford UP, 2010). De Waal clearly and succinctly outlines the morass that is the South Caucasus by laying out the histories, relations, and issues that drive present day Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan and their place in the world. Whether as a refresher or an initiation, The Caucasus: An Introduction is an important primer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On August 8, 2008 many Americans learned that Russia had gone to war with a mysterious country called Georgia over an even stranger territory called South Ossetia. Both Georgia and South Ossetia were located not on the southeastern seaboard of the United States, but in a mountainous region south of Russia called the Caucasus. The war was short, a mere four days, but during that time it became an campaign issue between Barack Obama and John McCain, a moment made memorable when McCain declared “We are all Georgians now.” For the Cold Warriors of yesteryear the world was remade familiar: Russia was enemy no. 1 again, Mikheil Saakashvili's was a victim of Russian imperialism, and the Cold War was back as if it had never left. Those familiar with the South Caucasus know that the region is allergic to Cold War binaries. Its ethnic, linguistic, and religious complexity defy even the best social scientific models. Persistent conflicts mark the region. Azerbaijan and Armenia are at odds over Nagorno-Karabakh. Georgia has had to contend with separatist movements in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, both Russian protectorates. Of course, we can't forget that the region also hosts two important energy pipelines–the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline and the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum gas pipeline–making the South Caucasus a geopolitical focus of the United States, the EU, and Russia. The 2008 South Ossetian War might have brought the region to the attention of many, but its origins have deep roots in the intricacies of the region's history. Luckily, to make sense of the South Caucasus' complicated past and volatile present, we have Thomas de Waal‘s The Caucasus: An Introduction (Oxford UP, 2010). De Waal clearly and succinctly outlines the morass that is the South Caucasus by laying out the histories, relations, and issues that drive present day Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan and their place in the world. Whether as a refresher or an initiation, The Caucasus: An Introduction is an important primer.

As Russian troops moved further into his country and bombs fell close to his capital city, Georgia's president, Mikheil Saakashvili, decried Russia's actions as an "invasion, occupation and annihilation of an independent, democratic country." Also, the impact of the war in Georgia on the campaign for the president, and Hillary Clinton's role at the Democratic convention in Denver.