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Now playing Next Georgia Georgia's court authorises impeachment of country's pro-EU president Georgia's Constitutional Court has authorised the impeachment of pro-Western president Salomé Zourabichvili after the governing Dream party said she held meetings in the EU without the government's approval. 16/10/2023
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Now playing Next Georgia Former soviet states fighting against Russian influence Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, propaganda and disinformation have been perceived as a major threat in a number of countries. Why do these materials play such a role and even become a tool of domestic politics? 05/06/2023
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Now playing Next Georgia Waiving visas is a 'provocative' Putin stunt, says Georgia's president Georgia's president has dismissed Vladimir Putin's decision to waive visas for any Georgians wishing to visit Russia as a 'provocative' stunt designed to undermine her country's aim to join the EU. 10/05/2023
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