While 20 percent of Georgia's territory is occupied by Russia, the Georgian parliament tried to legalize a Russian law regarding "Transparency of Foreign Influence”. Tens of thousands of protesters gathered outside the parliament building shortly after the bill received initial parliamentary approval on 7-8 March. My photos show how Georgians bravely said 'no' to the Russian law.

Pankisi Valley is the centre of the Kist community in Georgia and a unique cultural destination. After years of living in the shadow of negative stereotypes perpetuated by the media, I planned to change this perspective towards a positive direction with my photowork inside this small community of a few thousand people. The residents of the valley are descendants of ethnic Chechens and Ingush peoples, also known as the Vainakh, which means ‘our people’. More colloquially known as the Kist people, the earliest tribes migrated to the valley around the 13th century, following the Mongol occupation of the northern Caucasian mountains. During the 18th and 19th centuries, more Vainakh migrated to flee the conflict across the Russian border. This was when the community became known as the Kists. Kists have their own language, cuisine and cultural customs, and follow Sunni Muslim traditions.

The women's organization"Femina"conducted a study in 2022 to identify the needs of women living in the Kabali community of the Lagodekhi municipality:‘Research of the needs of ethnic Azerbaijani women living in rural areas of the Lagodekhi municipality’. The above-mentioned research was conducted in the Kakheti region with the financial assistance of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the government of Sweden,with an aim to evaluate the conditions and needs of ethnic minority women and girls in the Lagodekhi municipality. Marriage is especially common for children in the Kabali community. Women are objectified in the community, expressed through dehumanization and by portraying them as things or passive objects. I was the photographer of this project. I had the opportunity to meet local people in the community and capture their everyday lives through photography. Often,I faced resistance,however,I was able to gain permission from some community members to photograph them

This pictures was taken in Tbilisi, March 2023 and shows how a group of people-despite the fact that a police squad sprays them with a water cannon. The protesters had gathered to show their contempt about a law under discussion in Parliament that clearly opposed European values. By bravely withstanding the force of the cold water, the demonstrators keep waving the blue flag with the golden stars as a symbol of the Georgian people’s European choice that will prevail. They are unarmed against armed police officers and defend European values and democracy with the waving flag. As soon as this pictures was publicized it became a cherished and popular images of Georgians’ European identity and values. The image, referred to as the «Twelve Star War» symbolized the long struggle that finally led to Georgia’s adoption by the European Union as a candidate for membership, last December.