Russia’s Shadow: Georgia’s democracy on the brink in FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT

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On June 25, 2025, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced the closure of all private facilities offering Opioid Agonist Treatment (OAT, also known as OST), claiming that private clinics providing medicine like buprenorphine are purposefully distributing drugs to keep patients addicted and financially dependent on them. This move was followed by Kobakhidze’s request for the Ministry of Health to remove publicly run OAT treatment centr…

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Russia’s Shadow: Georgia’s democracy on the brink in FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT

TV Blackbox Russia’s Shadow: Georgia’s democracy on the brink in FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT Once hailed as a beacon of post-Soviet democracy, Georgia is now facing one of its darkest chapters – and ABC’s Foreign Correspondent is right there in the thick of it. In a gripping new episode, reporter Stephanie March travels to the heart of the Georgian capital, where civil unrest, government crackdowns, and Cold War-style accusations are raising urgent qu…