GEORGIA: Online Media Blackout & more – 14th Aug 2025

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

The ruling party undecided on election monitoring, a Georgian connection to a planned attack on the Crimea Bridge, the Anti-Corruption Bureau against NGOs, an increase in unemployment, Levan Gachechiladze’s death, 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 pharmaceutical company scam, the far right mayoral candidate, division among the opposition, the U.S. State Department’s report on Georgia, a conflict in Gori, 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.Light Must Not Go Out: https://sinatle.media/Grigol Gegelia vs Demonstrators: https://www.instagram.com/p/DNBiVb1SEnm/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

The Kotsebi’s Tbilisi Mayor candidate, a Georgia politician wanted by Russian Authorities, the ISFED report on pro-government media, the Kutaisi Music festival controversy, Zelenskyy sanctioning two Georgian sailors, and much more. Thanks for tuning inLet 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

Fraud in the Ministry of Defense, the arrest of Olympic champion and former MP, Ukraine’s drones in Abkhazia, the ruling party’s visit to China, protests at the Fencing World Championship, 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.Former Kotsebi MP attacks his wife: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1537649560552072/EUvsDisinfo’s Article: https://euvsdisinfo.eu/imedi-tv-the-propaganda-megaphone-undermining-georgias-eu-aspirations/ To download an MP3 file: 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

The ruling party’s push for an opposition ban, a deadly shooting in Batumi, uranium sale, the IMF’s report on the Georgian economy, Justin Timberlake 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.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-donateOops! It looks like we made a mistake. In 5:33, the reader should have said, "ruling party."Sorry for the inconvenience!

The EU’s deadline for the ruling party, the collapse of an apartment block in Tbilisi, police misconduct, a kidnapping attempt, UNICEF’s troubling report on Georgian youth, 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.Police mistreating a senior citizen: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1068674495393803A building collapse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=264Bglf_oOEEmotional viral video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMGF0DDMhGX/ Unusual police operation: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1288729059510346 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-donateOops! It looks like we made a mistake.In 4:47, the reader should have said, "orders."Sorry for the inconvenience!