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A GIF of Margvelashvili and Usupashvili sitting in parliament, looking at each other like, ‘what?’ Link: http://bit.ly/1PIszwN
Furs at the opera’s opening night. Link: http://bit.ly/1XbNEkL
And an alternative version of the opera opening’s guests. Link: http://on.fb.me/1W2g13z
The new Coda Story project features a portrait of a transgender woman in Georgia, Bianka. Link: http://bit.ly/20hTvVq
Armine Sahakyan in the Kyiv Post on why it’s crazy that Georgia is having talks with Gazprom to bring in more Russian gas. Link: http://bit.ly/1JIhxXM
Studio Monitori investigates asbestos in cars in Georgia (the video has English subtitles). Link: http://bit.ly/20C85g7
Liz Fuller for RFE/RL Caucasus Report covers Gazprom’s pressuring Georgia on gas and transit talks. Link: http://bit.ly/1Kv8RE9
The BBC’s Rayhan Demytrie has a short clip inside the opening night of Tbilisi’s opera house. Link: http://bbc.in/1RTGh1O
In Tablet magazine, Dana Kessler writes on all the new Georgian restaurants springing up in Tel Aviv in Israel. Link: http://bit.ly/23RfE1E
Paul Rimple in Beacon Reader says that Georgians just don’t care about Donald Trump. Link: http://bit.ly/1Q3tB8s
For Culinary Backstreets, Paul Rimple visits the new Citron cafe in Vake Park, which serves Georgian food done with a European take. Link: http://bit.ly/20C8dMC
A reporter for The Canberra Times about how Georgia grew its presence in the Pacific region after the August 2008 war. Link: http://bit.ly/1Q3tA4w
George Lomsadze for Eurasianet does another great job covering the opening of the opera in Tbilisi and the “fur and the fury” over the fur coats, access to goods, and elitism persisting in Georgia. Link: http://bit.ly/1TMukKQ
Leonid Ragozin for the Moscow Times argues that Misha’s role in Ukraine shows how there is an evolving Russian-speaking space. Link: http://bit.ly/1mlJtoW
The Guardian and AFP give a short report on the ICC approving the investigation into crimes during the August 2008 war. Link: http://bit.ly/1XbNQR2
The Trio Mandili girls have a new video singing and walking in snow. Link: http://on.fb.me/1Pft143
The CRRC looks into Georgians’ perceptions of foreign influence on the country. Link: http://bit.ly/1nR2Rv0