Tag: West
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The church under fire: why post-Soviet governments pressure religion
Political scientist and founder of the SIKHA foundation research institute, Archil Sikharulidze (A.S.), during a press conference at the Multimedia Press Center of Sputnik Georgia (S.G.) on June 30, 2025, explained why religious institutions have become targets of systemic attacks and what similarities can be observed across different post-Soviet countries. The discussion concerns not only…
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RIAC: Georgian “pro-Western” Petty Nationalism
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Georgia has gone through a series of disasters, including a civil war, military conflicts in Abkhazia and Tskhinvali. Georgian raised against Georgian because of the ‘true values’, believing that there are ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ Georgians. To be a true Georgian, you should have had a respective bloodline, a…