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Tue Dec 30, 2025, 09:37 PM 7 hrs ago

How Georgian Dream is tightening control - Eastern Express - TVP WORLD



Is Georgia sliding irreversibly toward autocracy – or is its political system still fundamentally unstable?

In this episode of Eastern Express, we examine how Georgian Dream is tightening its control through arrests, party bans, and electoral engineering ahead of 2028.

We break down why Georgia’s model of “managed democracy” is looking increasingly authoritarian yet is still lacking the foundations of a durable dictatorship. From economic constraints to social divisions and Western leverage, the regime is facing limits it cannot easily overcome.

Georgia may be backsliding fast – but the road ahead is still far from settled.
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