WASHINGTON DC – Georgia’s political landscape has been plunged into crisis after the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party used last weekend’s municipal elections as a springboard for a severe crackdown on opposition figures and civil society, drawing comparisons to authoritarian regimes and prompting deep concern in Washington. The process, according to experts, was less an election and more a calculated move to seize total power, with the repression that followed entirely predictable. JOIN US ON