Katerina Demetrashvili
Czech politician of Georgian descent, a member of the Czech Pirate Party, and a Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, elected in the 2025 parliamentary elections.
The Tomio Okamura Phenomenon: When Populism Makes Truth Irrelevant
August 26, 2026
IESS spoke with Katerina Demetrashvili, Member of the Czech Chamber of Deputies from the Czech Pirate Party, about the political phenomenon of Tomio Okamura, the transformation of SPD from permanent opposition into a governing force, and the way populism, conspiracy narratives and the erosion of objective truth create an environment increasingly compatible with Russian information warfare.
