Here's what we are reading today
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Here's what we are reading today:
Georgia’s ruling party, the Georgian Dream (GD) party, has won the parliamentary election with 54% of the vote.
Georgian's opposition coalition has referred to the victory as a "constitutional coup" and said they will not accept the results.
Georgia’s ruling pro-Russia party retains power in blow to EU aspirations
OSCE observers say election bore evidence of ‘democratic backsliding’ with reports of intimidation and coercion
the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
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Ukraine will hold elections immediately after the war so that all refugees and soldiers can vote, according to Zelenskyy’s Presidential Office chief, Andriy Yermak.
The vote, which was scheduled for early 2024, has been postponed due to martial law.
Ukraine to hold elections 'immediately after war,' Zelensky's chief of staff says
"(President Volodymyr) Zelensky is very clear; he wants all soldiers and refugees abroad to be able to vote," Andriy Yermak told Corriere della Sera. "But for now, resources must go to the war."
The Kyiv Independent (kyivindependent.com)
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North Korean soldiers slated to arrive at the front are very young, slightly built and ill-trained for the type of combat in #Ukraine, the WSJ reports.
Their training would have focused on infrastructure destruction and assassinations in South Korea, not trench warfare.
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Here's what Will is listening to today:
Small Foreign Faction - Haley Blais
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Did you catch yesterday's issue on the Georgian elections?
Read it for free through the link!
Tbilisi’s Lipstick Girl On Today’s Elections In Georgia
The country of Georgia has parliamentary elections today, facing a choice between EU alignment and Russian influence.
(www.counteroffensive.news)
