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The paper analyses the advertisements of political parties during the electoral campaign of the parliamentary elections of 2020 in Georgia. Out of the 60 electoral subjects 39 used at least 1 advertisement. In terms of the content of the advertisement the negative campaign and the social promises dominated, used by 8 and 7 political parties respectively. A particular attention was paid to the issues of economy (5 political parties) and banking policy (3 parties). There were advertisements simply listing the majoritarian candidates (4 parties), highlighting ideological context (4 parties) and referring to historical figures (3 parties). Two political parties capitalized on their political experience and only 1 political party referred to the religious symbols.

Political advertising is one of the main elements of the election campaign. Political advertising includes newspaper ads, billboards, brochures, articles, flyers, digital and social media advertising, Radio and television advertisements…The paper analyses only the advertisements of political parties during the electoral campaign of the parliamentary elections of 2020 in Georgia. Out of the 60 electoral subjects 39 used at least 1 advertisement. In terms of the content of the advertisement the negative campaign and the social promises dominated, used by 8 and 7 political parties respectively. A particular attention was paid to the issue of economy (5 political parties) and banking policy (3 parties). There were advertisements simply listing the majoritarian candidates (4 parties), highlighting ideological context (4 parties) and referring to historical figures (3 parties). Two political parties capitalized on their political experience and only 1 political party referred to the religious symbols.Political advertising can be both, paid and free. Both types of political advertisements are allowed in Georgia during pre-election periods. Candidates and political parties are granted with free political advertising or spots primarily in the public service media, but this doesn't mean that free political advertisements can't be placed on the other private channels too, along with paid political advertisements.

Elections are the basis of democratic governance. If they are held in free and fair manner then the population has greater chances to be heard and feel part of exercise power. Electoral systems play a significant role in the political process in a state because they determine how votes cast for political parties or coalitions are translated into parliamentary mandates. The total number of votes gained by a political party can result in the victory of the said party under an electoral system, or defeat under another electoral system. This article describes and classifies the electoral systems in Western Europe. Most countries in Western Europe use proportional representation rules for the election of their parliament. We will focus on the presentation of the features of the proportional electoral system, which changes in different countries, depending on the specifics of the country itself. We will study the problems or successes, which this electoral system brings to these countries.

The concept of nation by Mikhako Tsereteli is important for several reasons: 1) Anarchists represented extreme left-wing of Georgian society and political sphere. Certain anarchistic ideas as a form of socialist doctrines have begun to exist in Georgia since the 1860s. Mikhako Tsereteli belonged to the group of anarchists, who always considered the concept of nation as prime and prioritized in spite of ideological views. Mikhako Tsereteli was a clear and rare example of how a Georgian thinker preferred to deal with a national problem existing in Georgia rather than his political ideology; 2) Mikhako Tsereteli's opinion about the concept of nation is extremely important, because he is the author of the first sociological research in Georgia – "Nation and Mankind" (1910), in which the author tries to analyze the categories of nation and mankind and it finally leads us to the fact, that Mikhako Tsereteli denies the phenomenon of man and admits original nature of the phenomenon of nation; 3) It is worth noting, that Mikhako Tsereteli was greatly influenced by his contemporary European thinkers, especially sociologists. While formulating the concept of nation, he scrutinizes the theories of nation existing in Europe and forms his own concept of nation on account of criticizing or partially agreeing with the different thinkers' viewpoints such as Salomon Reinach, Ernest Nys, Pasquale Stanislao Mancini, Johann Kaspar Bluntschli, Ernest Renan, de Greef, René Worms, Tard, Otto Bauer, Rudolf Springer. There is no doubt, that Mikhako Tsereteli studied the European theories of nation and created "Nation and Mankind" based on them, which doubles the interest towards the author.

The study examines four Nationalisic-Patriotic websites ofGeorgiaand also the organizations, which have communication with society by web connection only.The research is relevant because in recent years, far-right and conservative groups have actively involved in politics and they have gained significant popular support. Those groups use the internet to popularize and establish their views. We can consider these websites as the tool for organization and also for political communication with society.The study of Nationalist-Patriotic oriented websites helps us to show each of them by their ideological and politicalplatforms and to classify them. We also can categorize them and find common context among them, also find important differences which divides these organizations.