Thursday, July 30, 2026

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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Trump's NSC advisor: We have to find ways to deal with new threat that Russia has perfected

H.R. McMaster at the US Army Basic Training. 2009 (US Army photo.)

VoA contributor Greta Van Susteren interviewed H.R. McMaster, 26th National Security Advisor, serving under President Donald Trump, at the White House. This is a transcript of a part of the interview pertaining to Russia.   

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Local strongman assassinated in South Ossetia

Marek Dudaev in court in Tbilisi, 2005. (Imedinews.ge)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A former militiaman was assassinated in South Ossetia on Tuesday. Breakaway   authorities claim the suspect fled to Georgian-controlled territory.

Marek Dudayev was shot three times in Artsevi, his native village near the breakaway capital Tskhinvali, local media reports. His body was found in a building

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Groups demand investigation into how anti-terror forces killed 19-year-old

Groups rallied outside the government building. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The death of a young Chechen man who was shot in an anti-terror operation last month has sparked an outcry among locals in the Muslim-inhabited region he came from, while activists in Tbilisi rallied outside the government building.

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Georgian volunteers in Ukraine war quit military unit after 'provocations'

The Georgian Legion. (Facebook.)
Georgian Legion’s commander Mamuka Mamulashvili. (Facebook.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian volunteers who have been fighting pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine since 2014 accuse their commander of betrayal and have abandoned the brigade they belonged to in the Ukrainian military.

All but three of the around 40 Georgian volunteers

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