New Communist Party of Georgia (Georgian: საქართველოს ახალი კომუნისტური პარტია, Sakartvelos Achali Komunisturi Partia), is a political party in Georgia. Founded in 2001 by Yevgeny Dzhugashvili, the grandson of Joseph Stalin. Dzhugashvili later left the position as party leader.
The party symbol is a hedgehog.
The party participated in the June 2004 elections in Adjara.
The party is affiliated to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union of Oleg Shenin.
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