Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Ukraine detains Saakashvili and deports him to Poland

SWAT team in a hotel stairway
An eyewitness caught this video of Saakashvili’s detention, according to an update on the ex-president’s Facebook page.

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s former president Mikheil Saakashvili has been deported from Ukraine. Saakashvili was detained in central Kyiv and deported to Poland by the border guard service.

A statement on the service’s website says supporters of Saakashvili

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Former high-ranking 'Mkhedrioni' paramilitary shot in Tbilisi

TBILISI, DFWatch–A woman who served in a banned paramilitary force in the 1990s and her son was shot in Tbilisi Wednesday morning. Dodo Gugeshashvili (59), a former high-ranking member of the Mkhedrioni paramilitary group, sustained a wound to her chest and was hospitalized. Her son, 32 year old Nodar Gusgeshashvili, was also shot in the attack … Read more

Georgian wins sumo wrestling championship in Japan

Levan Gorgadze (Tochinoshin) is the third European in history to win the highest division of sumo wrestling.

TBILISI, DFWatch–A 30-year-old Georgian unexpectedly won a sumo wrestling championship in Japan. Levan Gorgadze clinched his first ever victory in the highest division, Makuuchi.

Gorgadze, who competes under the ring name (shikona) Tochinoshin,

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