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[nate-acmilan]

We’ve all seen the pictures they look absolutely beautiful. Um and he’s there.

[vanbasten]

[rayhaber]

Gürcistan Seçim Sonuçları: Gürcü Rüyası Partisi Zafer Kazandı

Gürcistan’da Seçim Sonuçları Gürcistan Merkez Seçim Komisyonu’na göre, oyların yüzde 99’u sayıldı ve iktidardaki Gürcü Rüyası Partisi, %54,2 oranıyla seçimleri önde tamamladı. Sputnik’in haberine göre, resmi sonuçların henüz açıklanmamasıyla birlikte, geri kalan oyların durumu istatistiksel olarak önemli bir değişiklik yaratmayacak gibi görünüyor. Gürcü Rüyası Genel Sekreteri Kaha Kaladze,…

[assowebtv]

INCONTRO TRA IL SINDACO GUALTIERI E IL SINDACO DI TBILISI KALADZE

INCONTRO TRA IL SINDACO GUALTIERI E IL SINDACO DI TBILISI KALADZE

INCONTRO TRA IL SINDACO GUALTIERI E IL SINDACO DI TBILISI KALADZE. FIRMATO MEMORANDUM D’INTESA TRA LE DUE CAPITALI Il Sindaco di Roma Roberto Gualtieri ha ricevuto in Campidoglio l’omologo di Tbilisi Kakha Kaladze, accompagnato da una delegazione della capitale georgiana. La visita è stata anche occasione per siglare un Memorandum d’intesa tra le due capitali, che ha l’obiettivo di rafforzare a…

[cruyffista]

Alessio Tacchinardi, Kakha Kaladze, Massimo Ambrosini and Rui Costa for Dolce & Gabbana, 2003 (photos by Mariano Vivanco for the book Calcio, x).

[kvaradonaa]

thoughts on the pairing of mourinho and abramovich?

Uhh, I was afraid to answer this question at first, but then I remembered I am followed by only hot and intelligent people who don't need to be shown a huge ass "THIS IS BAD" sign to understand that something is, in fact, bad. In that case, I might as well answer.

(But if I get another anon in my ask box telling me "this ship is russian propaganda", I am blocking. You are seriously insulting me by insinuating that I could ever commit what's a criminal offence according to my country's law by spreading such statements. You might find whatever I write distasteful, unnecessary or insensitive as you please, but don't come making ridiculous accusations on me.)

Either way, back to the RPF thing. I think they make up for a really interesting dynamics. See, Jose was probably easily the only person built to survive in Chelsea of that era. Remember when Scolari said that whoever agreed to coach Chelsea, would go through hell? But Jose seems built to survive all the intimidation tactics like arriving at the training centre in a fucking helicopter to scold the staff (really!). He clearly knew there was no other like him, he tolerated bullshit from no one and damn, does he breathe drama 😂. I could see some weird tension going on, not gonna lie. Mourinho was probably the only person who spoke like that to Abramovich ever since that fucking loans-for-shares deal that made him filthy rich and equally influential. But Jose was just, not built to care. He was the special one and he was here to do his job his fucking way. I can imagine a mixture of anger and fascination coming from someone like Abramovich there.

And obviously, as a resident Sheva fucker, I gotta insert him in this story. Maybe even more than him. I had thoughts before about the weird tangled web of dynamics between Chelsea's two strikers, the coach and the club owner. Media tried to antagonise Sheva and Drogba. Well, from Sheva's side, he was kind of an asshole and difficult to work with. Even if the issue on that line was overblown, Sheva did actually see Drogba getting mercilessly bullied by fans, went out and said basically "Well, I don't dive. Never did and never will. And I know that English fans don't like it!" Yeah, shut up 😂. Mourinho obviously wanted Drogba in the club very much, he loved him as a player and as a person. On the other hand, he never asked for Sheva in the team. I can imagine Sheva, the star striker, the Ballon d'Or winner, the attention whore, taking it really badly. Weird jealous antics. Well, he did cry to other people about Mourinho "mistreating him", even if he was himself claiming that everything was fine. A list of people who accidentally outed him with this include Kakha Kaladze and tennis player Andriy Medvedev.

How does it all matter to the dynamics between Mourinho and Abramovich? Well, it later on became really clear that not only Sheva's transfer was entirely Abramovich's idea, but they were also friends, privately. When still playing for Chelsea, Sheva pretended that there was no personal relationship between them, but afterwards, it pretty much became widely known. Sheva was often blamed for Mourinho getting the sacked, but apparently, a couple of days before, it was John Terry who went to talk with the boss. So, who knows... But, Abramovich did want to hire Avram Grant as Sheva's personal coach initially, and Mourinho refused to accept it. Later, Grant went on to coach the team. Damn, that's some level of drama only Chelsea could provide 😭.

Another Sheva related antics, regarding Jose and Roman Abramovich? One time, Abramovich went into the locker room after Mourinho had left, and started giving his own instructions, contradictory to Mourinho's. He spoke in Russian, as he always did in those situations. I honestly think it was a part of intimidation tactics too. Once I knew someone who spoke one language with her ex boyfriend (his native, hers third), but when she broke up, she did so in English so that "he didn't have an upper hand". Speaking your native language does give you more power in expressing self. Not to mention that listening to him yell in a foreign language, then waiting for the translation, added some extra stress for everyone involved (John Obi Mikel once described the experience as such basically). But, oh no, this time he didn't hire an actual interpreter. He had Sheva translate his instructions, making the gap between Sheva and his teammates even bigger, putting him in the opposite position of theirs. Sheva, who surely did not speak English much better (perhaps even worse) than him. I can imagine Mourinho completely losing it as such disregard for his job and such disruption of the team dynamics.

But, well, in the end, Mourinho did get hired again. And won them trophies again. Perhaps he really was the right fit for Chelsea.

[verdiesque]

wait if we're adopting an anti-lgbt propaganda law does that mean they're gonna ban football now. @ kaladze mipasuxe

[beardedmrbean]

Georgia's MPs have voted to overturn a presidential veto on a contentious “transparency on foreign influence” bill - often dubbed “foreign agents law” - which has sparked several weeks of protests in the capital Tbilisi.

Under the legislation, media and non-governmental organisations that receive over 20% of their funding from abroad will have to register as “organisations acting in the interest of a foreign power”, submit themselves to stringent audits, or face punitive fines.

A plenary session on Tuesday saw the vote pass with 84 votes for - mainly from the governing Georgian Dream party - versus four votes against, with the opposition abstaining.

The law had already been passed on 14 May, but was then vetoed by pro-Western President Salome Zourabishvili.

The law is expected to come into force in 60 days' time.

The Georgian government argues it will ensure transparency of money flowing to support NGOs and protect Georgia from foreign interference.

But its opponents - who have dubbed it "Russian law” because of its similarities with an existing law in Russia - believe the real reason for the legislation is to stifle dissent ahead of October's parliamentary elections.

The EU said it "deeply regretted" the Georgian parliament's decision.

EU officials had previously warned the bill could jeopardise further progress within the bloc. Georgia was granted candidate country status in December 2023.

Many NGOs have already announced they will not abide by legislation that requires them to state they are “acting in the interest of a foreign power” as they say it is "insulting" and "factually incorrect".

On Tuesday, as MPs debated the bill, people again gathered outside parliament amid a heavy police presence.

When the result of the vote was announced, many protesters shouted “slaves!” and “Russians!”

Since the protests began, police have repeatedly used force to disperse the protesters.

Dozens of opponents of the foreign agents law have reported being beaten up or intimidated, with insulting posters stuck outside their homes or threatening phone calls.

Still, more than six weeks since the start of the protests, demonstrators - many of them young - feel there is no option other than to continue taking to the streets.

“Our whole future is stake, it's either Europe or nothing,” 18-year-old Kato said as she stood outside the parliament with her friends.

Observers believe passing the foreign agents law has turned into a battle for survival for Georgian Dream, which has managed to alienate many of its traditional partners in the process.

The US joined the EU in warning the law would entail consequences. The US State Department said last week that travel restrictions would be imposed on those who “undermine democracy” in Georgia, as well as their family members.

But the authorities brushed the warnings off. The Secretary General of Georgian Dream, Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze, said there would never be a "trade-off" against the interests of the country.

Knowing that she had run out of options to stop the government from passing the bill, on Monday Ms Zourabishvili presented a new charter which she said would be a plan to move Georgia towards Europe.

"To rebuild trust, we need a new political reality: a distinct unity, different elections, a different parliament, and a different government," she wrote on X.

The charter includes the abolition of laws which she said were harming Georgia's chances of EU membership, as well as significant reforms designed to depoliticise the justice system and security services.

Ms Zourabishvili invited all opposition parties to sign the charter before 1 June and go united into parliamentary elections in October.

[wearemilan]

MILAN 2001-02 (serie A) – 4.o posto

Presidente: Silvio BERLUSCONI

Allenatore: Fatih TERIM, poi Carlo ANCELOTTI

• Sebastiano ROSSI, Manuel César RUI COSTA, Mohamed SARR, Massimo DONATI, Kakhaber KALADZE, José Vitor ROQUE JUNIOR

• JAVI MORENO, Cristian BROCCHI, Andrea PIRLO, Thomas HELVEG, Alessandro COSTACURTA

Altri giocatori:

Christian ABBIATI, Demetrio ALBERTINI, Massimo AMBROSINI, Ibrahim BA (*), José Antonio CHAMOT, Francesco COCO (*), Cosmin CONTRA, Ümit DAVALA, Gennaro GATTUSO, Filippo INZAGHI, José MARI, Vital KUTUZOV, Martin LAURSEN, Paolo MALDINI, SERGINHO, Andrij SEVČENKO, Marco SIMONE

(*) Coco in prestito al Barcellona da agosto, Ba all’Olympique Marsiglia da settembre

[aurevoirmonty]

«Ils nous imposent que le blanc serait noir»: la petite Géorgie défie l’hyperpuissance américaine

«Cela ne peut pas continuer, cela n’arrivera pas», a promis le maire de Tbilissi, Kakha Kaladze, devant des milliers de Géorgiens.

–Tandis que les médias aux ordres montreront des images de manifestants munies de drapeaux de l’UE et excités par les services spéciaux occidentaux et ukrainiens–

«Les forces extérieures ne peuvent accepter le fait que la Géorgie n’ait pas connu le sort de l’Ukraine», a poursuivi le maire.

Ils nous imposent que le blanc serait noir, que la transparence serait antidémocratique et la propagande LGBT, une manifestation d’humanisme et de libéralisme.

Washington et Bruxelles ne digèrent toujours pas la loi, votée par le Parlement géorgien en juin, sur les «agents étrangers».

C’est-à-dire les ONG habituelles, en réalité des proxys de Washington, qui infiltrent, agitent et déstabilisent la Géorgie depuis les années 2000.

[nate-acmilan]

If you ever find a political rpf fic about me getting arranged married to kaladze, or sold off to him one direction style, it's probably one of my friends' doing

[mariacallous]

TBILISI, Georgia — In the lead-up to Saturday’s parliamentary election, the ruling Georgian Dream party is turning to some literal heavyweights.

Number seven on the party list is 183 kg Lasha Talakhadze, a three-time Olympic weightlifting gold medalist. Number 10 is 125 kg Geno Petriashvili, a gold-medal winning wrestler in the Paris games.

These national heroes may have united the nation round their TV sets during the Olympics, but whether they can cast the same magic at a political level is a very different matter.

Saturday’s election promises to be highly divisive and is viewed as a defining moment for whether Georgia makes a strategic move toward the EU and the West, or toward a more illiberal, Russia-friendly agenda under Georgian Dream.

Talakhadze is, unsurprisingly, a very large man — and an inescapable presence on the front row of marches. POLITICO caught up with him on Wednesday to ask whether his new political calling meant giving up the hours in the gym.

Not necessarily.

“The two are not incompatible,” he said, adding that he’ll be the voice of Georgian athletes in parliament. “Currently, I don’t train because of injury. At the moment, my country needs me. We’ll see what will be in the future … I’ve always stood by my country and will continue to do so in whatever capacity I’m needed.”

A nation divided

Georgians are bitterly divided on many topics, especially around politics. In fact, the political polarization is so severe that the EU has requested Georgia resolve it if it wants its membership bid to continue.

But those schisms vanish when it comes to sport. Thousands of football fans came together in the streets of Tbilisi in June to celebrate Georgia’s 2-0 victory over Portugal at Euro 2024. Sports unite people, and politicians know it.

“Political parties need trustworthy faces. Bankrupt of public trust, they pick uncontroversial, positively perceived athletes to join their ranks,” said Nino Samkharadze, a political analyst at the think tank Georgian Institute of Politics. “Their association with victory affects voter behavior, be it consciously or unconsciously.”

But politics — especially Georgian politics — can be very toxic. What’s in it for the athletes?

“It is a barter — I give you my face, my image. You give me power and peace of mind,” she explained.

Football factor

The beefy Olympians are not the only Georgian sportsmen to have strayed into the political arena.

When the Georgian parliament adopted a controversial Russian-style law on “foreign agents,” some football players from Georgia’s beloved national team felt compelled to comment.

Regarded as the main obstacle to Georgia’s EU accession, the law brands civil society organizations and media receiving more than 20 percent of their funding from abroad as foreign agents, leaving them open to state-backed crackdowns.

“The European way united us. Forward to Europe! Peace to Georgia,” Khvicha Kvaratskhelia— winger for Serie A club Napoli and a scorer for the national team in the legendary win against Portugal — wrote on Facebook in April, as Georgians were holding protests against the “foreign agent law.”

Many other players from the Georgian national team followed suit. The ruling Georgian Dream party has mostly been cautious in responding to such resistance, aware of the athletes’ popularity.

Still, they didn’t completely let it slide. Secretary General of Georgian Dream Kakha Kaladze— an example of an athlete-turned-politician who played football for A.C. Milan — was quick to respond to one Georgian national team player, who posted his support for the pro-EU protests against the foreign agent law.

Giorgi Kochorashvili, a central midfielder for Spanish club Levante UD and the national team, had reposted a photo from an anti-foreign agent law rally. Kaladze responded by telling journalists that Kochorashvili’s father, who also supported the demonstrations, was “Natsi” — a derogatory term for the opposition United National Movement party, often rolled out by Georgian Dream to discredit opponents.

As the election has nears, Georgian Dream has made more direct efforts to associate themselves with football stars.

After their successful performance at Euro 2024, Georgian Dream founder Bidzina Ivanishvili donated 30 million Georgian lari (€10 million) to the national football team.

To the disappointment of the opposition, four players from the national team have recently appeared in a Georgian Dream campaign ad.

Come Saturday, it’s all to play for.

[vanbasten]

bacettini a kaladze tvb continuate a dire che siete amici e che vi volete bene che io rinasco tutte le volte

[thoughtlessarse]

After the adoption of Russian-style foreign agents law, the county’s ruling Georgian Dream party, led by oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili, launched its election campaign with conspiracies, sowing discord, and detachment from reality. Tbilisi is gearing up for the decisive elections on 26 October amid risks that may put the nail in the coffin of the nation’s democratic and Euro-Atlantic future, given the ruling party’s increasingly authoritarian tendencies combined with a pro-Russian turn. The Georgian Dream is starting the campaign with a halted EU accession process, sanctions, frozen Western support, and closer ties with Russia and China, while leveraging conspiracies, disinformation campaigns, repression, and fear. It was since Russia’s war in Ukraine, that Georgia’s ruling party has openly become increasingly anti-Western, harnessing disinformation against Western strategic partners, accusing them of attempting to drag the country into the war and open the so-called ‘second front’ in Georgia. This was accompanied by Georgian Dream’s accusations that Western powers supported coup d’etat attempts, directly pointing at their government agencies. This, however, was lifted to a whole new level when the party first introduced Russia-inspired law on foreign agents in March of 2023. The targeting of Western partners and efforts to discredit them, along with the introduction of the bill, was followed by overt attempts to suppress democratic forces and all critical voices in Georgia. This extended beyond repressive punitive practices and smear and hate campaigns leveraged over the years, to setting a precedent for the legalisation of repression, crackdown on party critics and making them unable to function: “If [the NGOs] do not obey [the foreign agents law], the fines will be imposed, then their assets will be frozen. They will not be able to function, nor will they be able to receive funds”, Georgian Dream Party Secretary Kahkha Kaladze told the media a week after the final adoption of the law. As the country gets closer to the fateful elections, with civil resistance and opposition set out the choice the nation needs to make between “Europe [EU] and Russia”, Georgian Dream, having fed war fears, chose to make the elections a choice between “War and Peace”: “It is a referendum between war and peace, between slavery and dignity, between returning to the dark past and moving forward, between total lack of perspective and Georgia’s European perspective”, Ivanishvili said at the campaign launch speech in Tbilisi.

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Georgian Dream was first elected on the promise of EU membership. Since then all they have done is sabotage the process, because, if Ivanishvili is to be believed, he lost money in the collapse of a Swiss bank Credit Suisse, engineered by the West with the sole purpose of depriving him of $2B.

[7ooo-ru]

Каха Каладзе эмоционально отреагировал на разгромное поражение Грузии в матче с Испанией

Бывший защитник «Милана», а ныне мэр Тбилиси Каха Каладзе прокомментировал вылет сборной Грузии с Евро-2024. Напомним, грузинская сборная с разгромным счётом 1:4 проиграла Испании в 1/8 финала турнира.

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