Updated: 25.07.2025
Levan Vasadze is the leader of a radical-extremist group with close ties with Russia and the Russian Orthodox Church. In the past, he was one of the organizers of a violent counter-rally against Tbilisi Pride.
On May 6, 2021, Vasadze founded the public movement “Unity, Essence, Hope” and announced that the movement would eventually transform into a political party.
Vasadze is a representative of Christian-Evangelical organization, the World Congress of Families (WCF), in Georgia, which opposes LGBT rights on the premise of defending “natural family.” The World Congress of Families has ties with a Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeev, who is under U.S. and European Union sanctions for the events in Crimea, also to Alexey Komov, the official representative of the World Congress of Families in Russia, who has close ties with the leader of the Eurasia Movement, Aleksandr Dugin. Levan Vasadze also has close ties with Aleksandr Dugin who is often hosted by the TV channel Alt-Info.
On May 15-17, 2016, the tenth jubilee congress entitled “At the Crossroads of Civilization: Family – Bastion of Freedom and Universal Values” was held in Tbilisi. The organizer and host of the event was Levan Vasadze, who delivered a speech at the congress containing homophobic, anti-Western and pro-Russian sentiments.
Georgian Patriarch Ilia II, clergy and Nino Burjanadze, leader of a pro-Russian political party United Democratic Movement, also attended the event.
Vasadze often attends events with Patriarch Ilia II and patriarchal locum tenen Shio Mujiri, who is a childhood friend of his.In 2021, groups linked with Vasadze and the hosts of the TV channel “Alt-Info” were actively involved in the violent demonstration against “Tbilisi Pride.” The demonstration resulted in physical violence against 53 journalists. In 2019, ahead of Pride, Vasadze came up with the initiative to form “people’s legion” in order to carry out patrolling during the period of events planned by Tbilisi Pride.
Vasadze launched a media outlet called “Eri Media” in 2021, where he co-hosted the talk show Amier-Imieri. The channel, whose content was also shared via Facebook, regularly broadcast anti-Western, homophobic, and hate-filled messages. Since August 2024, Eri Media’s website has not been updated, though older posts continue to be reshared on its Facebook page.
Notably, Vasadze also utilizes the official Facebook page of the World Congress of Families to share content from other platforms.
