August 31, 2007 - Present - Marina Kandelaki 100%
Media Profiles
Newspaper "Sakartvelos Respublika"
A weekly newspaper Sakartvelos Respublika was established in 1918.
During the Soviet period, the newspaper was published under the name “Komunisti”. At present, the editor of Sakartvelos Respublika is Tanadgoma-1 LLC and 100 percent of shares in it is owned by Marina Kandelaki.
Among print editions, Sakartvelos Respublika is the largest receiver of budget revenues through contracts with state entities, which stand at 85 916 GEL.
| Year | Public Funds |
| 2017 | 38 827 GEL |
| 2016 | 41 790 GEL |
| 2015 | 85 916 GEL |
MDF's research: Public Funds for Media Promoting Hate Speech and Anti-Western Sentiments, 2015
- MDF does not conduct regular monitoring of this newspaper, but content analysis of its several issues, randomly chosen, made clear the homophobic and xenophobic character of its editorial policy. We shall bring several headlines and illustration from Sakartvelos Respublika as an example: “Does the road towards NATO and Europe go through the Georgians’ asses? (corresponding illustration is attached)“, "Before we have turned into Sodom and Gomorra" „France turned pederast, Vladimer “the Strong Man” and a lawyer in Nakhalovka", „Will Georgia turn Chinese or Wonderful?“ and others.
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