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This study tries to present the current picture of investment climate of Georgia. This work, we believe, will also fill the knowledge gap in the area of foreign direct investment (FDI) research on Georgia. The analysis focuses on major obstacles faced by investors. We first identify and then quantify the major obstacles for both foreign and domestic investors using the case studies of investors in Georgia and the statistics obtained from these data. The study results indicates that the most serious problem for investors is the human factor, which comprises of corruption and unskilled local labor force. We also found that the issues such as government regulations (regulatory burden), infrastructure, or safety do not act as major deterrents of FDI inflows, especially after the successful reforms of the Saakashvili government. It was also found that most investors have been satisfied with their operation.

Purpose : To determine which candidate received the greatest number of legal votes the 2020 United States Presidential Election in Georgia. Method : The entire population of ballots cast in the election was analyzed ( N = 5,004,565). The legality of each vote on each ballot was established, 4,065 votes were rejected, and the total number votes for each candidate was computed. The data were verified through a series of audits and recounts. Results : 2,473,633 votes were counted for Joe Biden; 2,461,854 votes were counted for Donald Trump; 64,473 votes were counted for other candidates. Conclusions : Given the stringent measures taken to verify, audit, and re-verify both the legality and number of votes for each candidate, it is concluded that Joe Biden received more legal votes than Donald Trump in the 2020 United States Presidential Election in Georgia.

For a long time now, the Russian and Georgian political elites have been engaged in information warfare. It has even been seen to occur in cycles and produce noxious emissions at regular intervals, which poison the relations between the two countries. Today, the relations between the two sovereign states, which not so long ago belonged to the same country, are described using Cold War terms. I have not posed myself the task of going back to the history of Russian-Georgian relations: this would have called for a detailed analysis of the domestic reforms of the post-Soviet societies and the factors responsible for different vectors of their foreign policies. Mine is a more modest task: I have undertaken to identify the political myths still current in Georgian-Russian relations as well as the reasons for their viability. They come to the fore during periods when relations between the two countries worsen and mutual alienation and rejections take on radical tones.