Georgia's main independent TV channel closes.
1 May 2025
The clampdown on Georgian media is accelerating.
Starting Thursday, 1 May, the opposition-aligned television channel Mtavari will cease broadcasting amid Tbilisi's growing rapprochement with Moscow and persecution of opponents by the pro-Russian governing party, Georgian Dream.
Starting Thursday, 1 May, the opposition-aligned television channel Mtavari will cease broadcasting amid Tbilisi's growing rapprochement with Moscow and persecution of opponents by the pro-Russian governing party, Georgian Dream.