Alliance of Patriots of Georgia

Alliance of Patriots of Georgia

საქართველოს პატრიოტთა ალიანსი
Alliance of Patriots of Georgia საქართველოს პატრიოტთა ალიანსი
Chairman	Davit Tarkhan Mouravi
Secretary-General	Irma Inashvili
Political Secretary	Giorgi Lomia
Founded	2012
Headquarters	Tbilisi, Georgia
Ideology	National conservatism; Right-wing populism; Neutralism; Soft Euroscepticism; Faction:; Hard Euroscepticism;
Political position	Right-wing to far-right
Colors	Red and Gold
Seats in Parliament	0 / 150
Municipal Councilors	5 / 2,068
Website
	http://patriots.ge/
	Politics of Georgia; Political parties; Elections;

Alliance of Patriots of Georgia (Georgian: საქართველოს პატრიოტთა ალიანსი, romanized: sakartvelos p'at'riot'ta aliansi, APG) is a right-wing populist and anti-Western political party in Georgia.^[5]^[7] It was founded in 2012 by leaders from the Resistance Movement, which opposed the pro-Western government of Mikheil Saakashvili.^[8] Davit Tarkhan Mouravi has served as the party's chairman, while Irma Inashvili serves as its secretary general.

Being on the centre-left of Georgian politics on economic policy, its social views are predominantly right-wing.^[9] The party has been widely described as pro-Russian and anti-Turkish, categorizations it rejects in favor of the label "pro-Georgian".^[7]^[10] Moreover, the party has been accused of being financed by Kremlin, an accusation it denies.^[5]^[11]

^ "Parties, Parliaments and Polling Averages – Georgia". Europe Elects.
^ ^a ^b Kucera, Joshua (24 October 2016). "Georgia: Disillusion with Establishment Fuels Rise of Populism". Eurasianet.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference Silagadze was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Kakhishvili, Levan (2020). Georgian party political discourse on foreign policy non-alignment: How has the meaning changed since 1992? (PDF). Tbilisi, Georgia: Georgian Institute of Politics. In 2016, a small party, Alliance of Patriots of Georgia (APG) revived a discussion about Georgia's non alignment in foreign policy. However, the reasoning behind advocating for non-alignment is different from what was in the 1990s. The starting point of APG's reasoning is that Georgia has been trying to become a NATO member for almost two decades and has not yet been successful, which for APG is an indicator that the West is not planning to integrate Georgia under the security umbrella. Even if Georgia becomes a member of NATO, APG argues, it would mean to give up hope of restoration of territorial integrity.
^ ^a ^b ^c Cite error: The named reference Kandelaki was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Tamta Gelashvili (10 July 2021). "Perspectives – Blame it on Russia? The danger of geopolitical takes on Georgia's far right". Eurasianet.
^ ^a ^b "Prevention of Far-Right Extremism in Georgia" (PDF). Democracy Research Institute. September 2021.
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^ "Investigation alleges Russian money behind political party in neighboring Georgia". Alliance for Securing Democracy.

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[eup-1] "Parties, Parliaments and Polling Averages – Georgia". Europe Elects.

[Kucera-2] Kucera, Joshua (24 October 2016). "Georgia: Disillusion with Establishment Fuels Rise of Populism". Eurasianet.

[Silagadze-3] Cite error: The named reference Silagadze was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[neut-4] Kakhishvili, Levan (2020). Georgian party political discourse on foreign policy non-alignment: How has the meaning changed since 1992? (PDF). Tbilisi, Georgia: Georgian Institute of Politics. In 2016, a small party, Alliance of Patriots of Georgia (APG) revived a discussion about Georgia's non alignment in foreign policy. However, the reasoning behind advocating for non-alignment is different from what was in the 1990s. The starting point of APG's reasoning is that Georgia has been trying to become a NATO member for almost two decades and has not yet been successful, which for APG is an indicator that the West is not planning to integrate Georgia under the security umbrella. Even if Georgia becomes a member of NATO, APG argues, it would mean to give up hope of restoration of territorial integrity.

[Kandelaki-5] Cite error: The named reference Kandelaki was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[perspective-7] Tamta Gelashvili (10 July 2021). "Perspectives – Blame it on Russia? The danger of geopolitical takes on Georgia's far right". Eurasianet.

[anti-8] "Prevention of Far-Right Extremism in Georgia" (PDF). Democracy Research Institute. September 2021.

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[secure-12] "Investigation alleges Russian money behind political party in neighboring Georgia". Alliance for Securing Democracy.

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