Screengrab of Alt-Info’s last broadcast.
The Alt-Info channel, which is homophobic and pro-Russian, has stopped broadcasting after its members had poor results at the elections. The US Treasury Department sanctions the two faces of the Channel. “This loss is very heavy, very serious for us because we didn’t expect this result and did everything to avoid it,” said ShotaMartinenko, one the presenters of this channel. Martinenko said the channel was working with the hope of election results. “A number were working without pay,” Martinenko added. “Our television will be unable to continue working in such a format because, you know, we live off the donations and funds from our viewers,” Giorgi Kardava said. “Our television will not be able continue working in this form for the very simple reason that, you, know, our television lives on the donations and fund of our viewers,” Giorgi Kardava said. “Our television will also not The Patriots’ Alliance did not reach the 5% threshold and only garnered 2.4%.Zura Makradze, a leader of Alt-Info sanctioned by US Treasury Department, stated that the Patriots Alliance had agreed to give Alt-Info their share of funding from the state budget, if they passed the 5% threshold. Georgian parties receive funding budget automatically if they reach 1% electoral threshold. Alti-Info is a conservative, anti-Western party with an anti-liberal, anti-Western agenda.
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