GEORGIA: NGOs Under Fire & more – 25th Sep 2025

The Kotsebi former officials’ houses raided, Gogi Gakharia’s party ending its boycott, Germany recalling its ambassador, plans for an education reform, gangs in Tbilisi, and much more! Thanks for tuning in!Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at [email protected]  You can also contact us through Instagram @rorshok_georgia or Twitter @RorshokGeorgiaLike what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds.Learn more about last Saturday's event: https://rorshok.com/tracks/rorshokito/We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: https://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate

Stricter laws against demonstrators, a major counterterrorism operation in Adjara, the Public Defender’s dispute with a gym, the Prime Minister’s refusal to meet an OSCE delegation, the discovery of a Georgian King's ancient tomb, and much more! Thanks for tuning in!Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at [email protected]  You can also contact us through Instagram @rorshok_georgia or Twitter @RorshokGeorgiaLike what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds.Attack on Polish citizens: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1497817941301133We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: https://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate

A rally in front of the Presidential Palace, the confessions of a former Supreme Court judge, a prison director found dead, the Patriarch’s letter about AI, potential sanctions against Imedi and POSTV, and much more! Thanks for tuning in!Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at [email protected]  You can also contact us through Instagram @rorshok_georgia or Twitter @RorshokGeorgiaLike what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds.We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: https://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate

Kavelashvili’s speech at the UN General Assembly, Bidzina Ivanishvili’s open letter, Imedi TV crew barred from Moldova, Mzia Amaglobeli’s op-ed, Shatirishvili mocking Gen Z, and much more! Thanks for tuning in!Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at [email protected]  You can also contact us through Instagram @rorshok_georgia or Twitter @RorshokGeorgiaLike what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds.Rukhadze - Pro-European activist encounter: https://www.instagram.com/p/DPMsW5vAMC7/Mzia’s Letter: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/27/prison-cell-georgia-implore-europe-abandon-russia?fbclid=PAZnRzaANEmbNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp73Unk3Hiq4RPW7QVvFzmZtNSgqE3Wvj8NumtFOCDzlyAKch95uyXqXEakJZ_aem_Q0_cJnEZ0jeyffrFQR1WrQWe want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: https://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate

Ivanishvili’s dinner with the UAE president, UK sanctions against two Georgian businessmen, new corruption cases against the Kotsebi, Mzia Amaglobeli’s nomination for the Sakharov Prize, and much more! Thanks for tuning in!Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at [email protected]  You can also contact us through Instagram @rorshok_georgia or Twitter @RorshokGeorgiaLike what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds.We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: https://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate

Opposition leaders arrested, explosives from Ukraine, a massive money laundering scheme,  pro-European activists attacked, the Tinder Swindler arrested in Batumi, and much more!Thanks for tuning in!Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at [email protected]  You can also contact us through Instagram @rorshok_georgia or Twitter @RorshokGeorgiaLike what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds.Rorshok’s Updates: https://rorshok.com/updates/We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: https://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate

No observers for the municipal elections, separatists happy with the Kotsebi’s report, a shooting in a Tbilisi restaurant, new laws targeting financial crimes, the New York University’s report on authoritarianism in Georgia, and much more!  Thanks for tuning in!Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at [email protected]  You can also contact us through Instagram @rorshok_georgia or Twitter @RorshokGeorgiaLike what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds.The Kotsebi’s attack protesters: https://www.instagram.com/p/DOWRYHgjHMf/ and https://www.instagram.com/p/DOWahh5kclY/Beqa Odisharia, the Kotsebi MP insulting protesters: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=765989016261619 Democracy Under Siege: Georgia’s Autocratic Takeover https://www.law.nyu.edu/rule-law-lab/democracy-under-siege-georgias-autocratic-takeoverDownload .mp3 files: www.rorshok.com/georgiaWe want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: https://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate

Kavelashvili’s open letter to Trump, accusations of sabotage against NGOs, an EU survey on Georgia, Kaladze’s anti-Western rhetoric, Tik-Tok grandma going viral for the wrong reasons, and much more! Thanks for tuning in!Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at [email protected]  You can also contact us through Instagram @rorshok_georgia or Twitter @RorshokGeorgiaLike what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds.We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: https://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate

A Kotsebi politician thankful for Russian peacekeepers, a disabled person refused admission to three hospitals, the new head of the State Security Service, Georgia losing half a billion dollars, NGO bank accounts frozen, and much more! Thanks for tuning in!Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at [email protected]  You can also contact us through Instagram @rorshok_georgia or Twitter @RorshokGeorgiaLike what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds.Listen to the Georgia Ramble episode here: https://rorshok-georgia-update.captivate.fm/episode/georgia-mindia-arabuli-and-georgian-slang-more-25th-aug-2025/Georgian Slang Survey: https://forms.gle/frjdd77qbNXonGuDAWe want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: https://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate

In this episode, Mark Mullen, Rorshok’s founder, talks to script writer Mindia Arabuli about Georgian Slang.Thanks for tuning in!Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at [email protected]  You can also contact us through Instagram @rorshok_georgia or Twitter @RorshokGeorgiaLike what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds.Fill in the survey and choose your favorite slang words! #georgianslang #tblisihttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdOBhFhl-qH7aJlKZv_SXkLvm06mWCvibK3da1wRPqUT9W-Cg/closedformWe want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey:https://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate