Vakhtang Komakhidze

Vakhtang Komakhidze is a senior investigative reporter. He works for the newly established Media House Georgia, an organisation that supports prosecuted and independent journalists in Georgia.

Georgian-Ossetian discord rumbles painfully on

August will mark the fourth anniversary of the start of the Russo-Georgian war, sparked off by conflict over the disputed area of South Ossetia. Georgian-Ossetian problems go back at least 20 years and there is no solution in sight. This is because the status quo, so painful for South Ossetia, sui

By Vakhtang Komakhidze

/ 2 Jul 2012

Is Georgian 'modernisation' leading the country to serfdom?

The 2003 Rose Revolution in Georgia was portrayed as a beacon of hope for democracy and progress in the region. Far from developing society towards a free market, however, the current government has retrenched and its policies and programmes are redolent of a planned economy. This can only end bad

By Vakhtang Komakhidze

/ 15 May 2012