Bye Serzh, The Silence of Otsneba, BI’s back as head of Otsneba because of Ninia Freakout, Insulting Religious Feelings bill (really), Bacho sentenced, Mukhtarly verdict upheld in Baku, Kremlin spokesperson has deep concern about cynicism, Fin Min in DC, Otsneba pays off Tobadze with a law, two charged in Abkhazia murder of Russian tourists, Bibilov in Yalta, Alania Diocese Bishops passport taken, another shepard abduction, Tskhinvali hip hop festival, more illegal delay of second Batumi mosque, Agara sugar factory to reopen, Georgia up in press ranking, Oman issues travel advisory, Muscat flights, Bolnisi museum, Coda Russian site blocked, Sandro Breganze meme, Bitcoin mining, Lelo Burti in Guria, Khajapuri now owned by NYC too, Hippodrome overpass protest, CineDOC Romania, London Georgian film festival
**The meme this week: Link: https://bit.ly/2KeVrhC
THINGS TO READ
**Coda Story wrote about Russian disinformation in Georgia as it relates to the American Department of Defense funded “Lugar Lab” outside of Tbilisi. Link: https://bit.ly/2vRaXgF
**Eurasianet wrote about a new meme inspired by “aspiring right-wing leader and Kremlin funded moron, Sandro Bregadze.” Link: https://bit.ly/2HutWTu
**NPR wrote about the Bitcoin mining craze in Georgia, now the number 2 producer in the world, behind China. Link: https://n.pr/2HtT8cG
**Eurasianet also wrote about Georgians’ distrust of their healthcare system and the increasing tendency of people to go to Turkey for a second diagnosis or treatment. Link: https://bit.ly/2JtjbNW
**JAM Media wrote and photographed Guria and Lelo Burti, a game played once a year, on Easter Sunday, in Village Sukhuti. Link: https://bit.ly/2KfnWvK
**Chai Khana photographed Kutaisi’s Jewish cemetery and discussed the city’s fading Jewish community. Link: https://bit.ly/2IZ6UAE
**Eater New York has declared khachapuri a “New York Essential Dish” and a “New York classic.” Link: https://bit.ly/2qRTe3v