From shovels to shadows: The Soviet legacy behind Georgia’s authoritarian drift

In the early hours of April 9, 1989, Soviet paratroopers launched a brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of the then-Georgian SSR.Armed with entrenching shovels and toxic gas, they cleared the square outside the Georgian parliament, leaving 21 civilians dead. The blood on the asphalt was...

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