V-Dem Institute Report Again Classifies Georgia as ‘Electoral Autocracy’

The V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy) Institute, a Sweden-based research organization, has again classified Georgia as an “electoral autocracy” in its Democracy Report 2026, saying the country’s period of democratization “lasted until 2016.” The report, titled “Democracy Report 2026: Unraveling the Democratic Era?” says that “autocratization predominates” in Eastern Europe and notes that the ongoing “third …Источник: