Issue no: 1565
• AUGUST 14 - 20, 2026 • PUBLISHED WEEKLY
PRICE: GEL 2.50
In this week’s issue... ‘Significant Democratic Backsliding’: What the EU’s New Report Says about Georgia NEWS PAGE 2
Ukraine Latest: Ukraine Expands Deep Strikes as Black Sea War Intensifies NEWS PAGE 3
Tskhinvali Authorities Accuse Georgia of Distorting 2008 War as Kobakhidze Remarks Draw Criticism
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POLITICS PAGE 5
India's Space Sector: A Launchpad for Global Partnerships
ON LIA BAGRATIONI One of Georgia’s most distinctive women artists presents The Earth Is Female, a major new exhibition unfolding across three floors of Art Foundation Anagi and one of the highlights of Tbilisi’s summer art season.
BUSINESS PAGE 6 PAGE 9
Lia Bagrationi’s installation Futurist Fresco at Art Foundation Anagi. Photo: Giorgi Shengelia.
The Price of Progress: Can Georgia Grow without Losing Itself?
"As Putin likes to say, 'We got ours back'" ImPulsTanz: How Vienna - Interview with Maxim Kuzakhmetov Built Europe’s Leading SOCIETY PAGE 8
Contemporary Dance Institution
INTERVIEW BY VAZHA TAVBERIDZE FOR RFERL
CULTURE PAGE 10
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don’t think this war was caused by any mistakes on the part of Georgia. It was Putin’s desire and aspiration to create a new Soviet Union and reunite the lands, - says Maxim Kuzakhmetov, a Russian journalist and historian, former host of Ekho Moskvy and one of the most prominent figures in Russia's independent media. In 2023, the Russian government declared Kuzakhmetov a "foreign agent" for criticizing the Kremlin's policies, Russia's war in Ukraine, and official narratives. Radio Free Europe/RL’s Georgian Service spoke to him about the August War between Russia and Georgia. Continued on page 2
Archive of Georgian Artist Alexander Shervashidze Discovered in London CULTURE PAGE 11 Prepared for Georgia Today Business by
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