Thursday, April 30, 2026

Former interior minister defends police reforms in court

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Former Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili held a speech in court about his police reforms. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The trial against former Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili for the violent dispersal of an anti-government protest in 2011 will begin November 19.

It was on May 26, 2011, that an anti-government protest in front of parliament was brutally dispersed

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Russian prosecutor asks Georgia to extradite murder suspect

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Sukhumi, the main town in breakaway Abkhazia. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Prosecutor’s Office in Russia has asked Georgia to extradite a man suspected of murdering a Russian diplomat in Abkhazia two months ago.

Russian media write that the Russian Prosecutor’s Office has sent an official request to Georgia asking

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