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Finnish Foreign Minister and OSCE head Elina Valtonen has been fined $1,800 by Georgian authorities for 'blocking the road' after visiting protesters in Tbilisi

Kobakhidze states he cancelled his meeting with Elina Valtonen, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Finland’s Foreign Minister, after she joined the GeorgiaProtests last night. His administration has also dismissed her criticism as “lies.” @elinavaltonen @OSCE

The ruling Georgian Dream party has proposed a new bill that would tighten the already restrictive legislation governing protests by abolishing fines and introducing direct imprisonment

Georgia’s State Security Service announced it has launched an investigation into an alleged “sabotage” following a report from the pro-Georgian Dream channel Imedi TV, which said it went off air for 45 minutes in a possible "criminal act."

Georgian Dream PM Irakli Kobakhidze met with Belarusian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Nikolai Rogashchuk

“Georgia cannot be captured.”Protesters march towards Rustaveli Avenue, blocked for the 319th consecutive day

Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze has announced intentions to rehabilitate the central Rustaveli Avenue after the upcoming New Year’s celebrations. The avenue has been the centre of daily anti-government protests, which have continued for over 300 days

I hope we have turned this page(with shooting down the Azerbaijani plane) and will move on – Putin on relations with Azerbaijan.

28-річний син члена вірменського парламенту від опозиційної АРФ загинув у російсько-українській війні. Він був військовим лікарем у Росії, його поховають завтра у Ванадзорі.

The MIA of Georgia arrested 8 more people in connection with the October 4th protest case. The total number of detainees has reached 44. The MIA stated that 4 individuals are fugitives. One of those arrested is 71 y/o pediatrician Giorgi Chakhunashvili

Georgia: Many activists are being arrested right now

Rustaveli Avenue is blocked for the 316th night in a row

Georgian poet Zviad Ratiani has been sentenced to two years in prison on charges of slapping a police officer during a protest

Putin says Russian air defenses were responsible for downing an Azerbaijani jetliner last year, killing 38 people

Putin and Aliyev met at the Kokhi Somon residence in Dushanbe.

Two days after PM Kobakhidze declared ‘zero sympathy’ for Tbilisi’s daily anti-govt protests, turnout at the nightly march grew. ‘We are here, we are fighting, we have not been defeated.’

Georgia’s Interior Ministry has announced the arrest of five more individuals in connection with the 4 October anti-government protest in Tbilisi, bringing the official number of detainees in the case to 23

Police in Tbilisi have ordered protesters to clear the city’s central Rustaveli Avenue, after the prime minister threatened to take a ‘methodical approach’ to ending the daily demonstrations blocking the road. After protesters refused, police withdrew

On the 314th day of continuous protests, Rustaveli remains blocked. No police are on the scene. Unlike before, the Ministry of Internal Affairs hasn’t cordoned off the road

Police appeared on Rustaveli twice, calling on citizens to open the road. However, the protesters refused to comply

Police tries to reopen the closed Rustaveli Avenue. Earlier, bottles were thrown at protesters from a passing truck

PM Kobakhidze threatens the daily Rustaveli protesters.The Georgian Dream Prime Minister said that there would be "zero empathy." "Let them wait for our methodical and systematic steps. Of course, we will not give anyone, especially 100 or 150 people, the opportunity to commit violence against 4 million people. Of course, we will not allow this. When 100 shameless foreign agents come out and commit violence against 4 million people, their economy, their national interests, of course, we cannot allow this under any circumstances.

The Georgian Interior Ministry has continued detaining individuals in connection with the 4 October anti-government demonstration in Tbilisi

Kobakhidze on GeorgiaProtests: “Expect our methodical, systematic steps. We have no empathy for these people.”

У розгорнутому телевізійному інтерв'ю прем'єр-міністр Грузії Іраклій Кобахідзе заявив, що люди, які протестують на проспекті Руставелі в Тбілісі вже 300 днів, є здебільшого оплаченими [іноземними] агентами. І навіть якщо деякі з них просто дурні, ця дурість також буде покарана державою.

The MIA reports that 13 more people have been arrested in connection with the October 4 mass rally. According to the statement, 15 individuals have been identified so far, and the search continues for two others

The Georgian Interior Ministry has detained 13 participants in the unrest in Tbilisi, the head of the department said.

PM Kobakhidze states that a massive operation is currently underway to detain "lots" of people who participated in the October 4 rally

The EU [Kaja Kallas and Marta Kos] has issued a statement calling on the Georgian government to uphold rights to freedom of assembly and expression following Saturday’s controversial local elections

Despite the threats, people still blocked the Rustaveli Avenue