Anastasia Slovinskaya, an award-winning multimedia producer for RFE/RL's Georgian Service and its Russian-language project Echo of the Caucasus since 2014, covers untold stories and vulnerable, underrepresented groups.
Georgian-Russian journalist Yekaterina Kotrikadze talked to RFE/RL's Georgian Service about the risks facing Georgians if a government bill to curb "foreign influence" is passed. She would know better than most: She was declared a "foreign agent" in Russia and forced to flee.
Tbilisi's drag scene has gone from humble beginnings a few years ago to regular events attended by hundreds of people. But the performers and organizers are defying widespread homophobia in Georgia, where the LGBTQ community has often faced violence and intimidation.
