Arrests Shake Georgian Dream’s Inner Circle (Khatia Shamanauri – The Jamestown Foundation)

Over the past few months, the Georgian Dream government has stepped up its crackdown on former officials, filing corruption charges against a growing number of them. The ruling party frames the move as a zero-tolerance approach to corruption, insisting that past loyalty or affiliation offers no immunity. Many in Georgia, however, see the campaign either as a power struggle between rival “clans” or as part of a broader regime transformation, in which political and financial resources are increasingly concentrated in a single center of control.

Arrests Shake Georgian Dream’s Inner Circle – Jamestown