Friday, December 5, 2025

Saakashvili offers to give testimony, but only during trial

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Mikheil Saakashvili speaking at Independence Square in Kiev March 29, 2014. (Maestro TV.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Former President Mikheil Saakashvili offers the current government his own rules of the game; rules which are against Georgian legislation.

The rules in question are about how to question witnesses in criminal cases. This issue has been a source

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Zhvania family accuses Saakashvili of lying

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The brother and widow of deceased Prime Minsiter Zurab Zhvania accused ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili of lying. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The family of former Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania accuses ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili of lying.

Saakashvili said in a recent interview on Rustavi 2 that during the investigation of Zhvania’s death, his widow was only interested in money which

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Armenians and Doukhobors in Gorelovka, Georgia

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Due to the cold climate, most people have cattle as a means of subsistence in Gorelovka. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Gorelovka is a small village in Samtskhe-Javakheti, a region to the south of Georgia populated by ethnic Armenians, Russian Doukhobors and Georgians who have been resettled from Adigeni and Khulo because of landslides.

The village is small and,

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One dies in manganese plant in Chiatura, Georgia

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One worker died and another was taken to hospital with injuries after an accident in a mineral ore processing plant in Chiatura, Georgia, March 20. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A mine worker died Thursday in a metal ore processing plant in Chiatura, a town in western Georgia. Another worker was injured and brought to the hospital.

The plant was being dismantled by workers in the Darkveti mine on orders of the mine’s owner,

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What did Ivanishvili criticize the Georgian president for?

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Bidzina Ivanishvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili refrained from commenting on criticism from ex-Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili beyond saying it is ‘painful’.

In a TV interview, Ivanishvili said Margvelashvili revealed completely different features after the

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Georgian president visited soldiers in Afghanistan

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President Giorgi Margvelashvili and Georgian soldiers in Afghanistan. (Photo by Defense Ministry.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili has paid a visit to Afghanistan and met with Georgian soldiers participating in the ISAF mission.

Supporters of former President Saakashvili have criticized Margvelashvili for not being active, even though

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NGO founded by former Georgian PM to offer media training

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Former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili’s new organization Citizen is to offer training courses for journalists. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A non-governmental organization founded by former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili is to offer training courses for journalists who work for Georgian media outlets.

In a statement on Monday, the organization, called Citizen, explained the

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Georgian president holds first event at disputed residence

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The president’s residence in Avlabari, Tbilisi. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–President Giorgi Margvelashvili met with ambassadors at the president’s residence in Tbilisi, which has been nonoperational after Saakashvili left office in October, 2013.

In a ceremony in the Avlabari residence, President Margvelashvili received

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Regarding the situation in Ukraine

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Alexandra Hall Hall is Britain’s Ambassador to Georgia.

A choice isn’t a choice when it is made with a gun to your head.

Yet on Sunday, the people of Crimea will be asked to make an impossible choice: to vote to become subjugated by Russia; or to vote for independence – with no guarantee that Russia will show any more

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