Zviad Mchedlishvili is a correspondent for Current Time TV, the Russian-language network run by RFE/RL in cooperation with VOA.
Three Georgians have told a Current Time correspondent how they were either fired or pressured to take voluntary redundancy after either criticizing the government online or joining protests against a controversial "foreign agent" bill.
Georgian protesters called on the government to withdraw its controversial "foreign agents" bill, which would require organizations with foreign funding to register their activities. For a third straight day, thousands rallied on April 17 outside parliament, which was surrounded by police.
A landscape architect who says he worked on Russian President Vladimir Putin's official complex near Moscow has provided Current Time with plans, videos, and photos. Stanislav Chekalyov says he spent five months working at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence last year.
The Georgian government has proposed growing cannabis for export, but leaving the cultivation and sale within the country as illegal acts.
On-air joke about Jesus and ex-prime minister's quirky tree hobby lands six in jail, one in hospital.
