Monday, December 15, 2025

Minister in Georgia wanted to electrocute opposition athlete

Sports minister Lado Vardzelashvili is calling in his country's leading athletes to secure their loyalty, an opposition ahtlete claims. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – An athlete in Georgia claims that a government minister said he wanted to electrocute him as punishment for joining the opposition.

The would-be victim, 2004 Olympic judo champion Zurab Zviadauri, joined the Georgian Dream movement of billionaire

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Ivanishvili lawyers were denied to submit evidence

Shalva Tadumadze, lawyer for Bidzina Ivanishvili, says he and his colleagues have proof that the audit agency incorrectly prepared a protocol, but that the judge refused to let them present the evidence in court. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Lawyers working for a Georgian opposition leader accuse a judge at Tbilisi City Court for being subjective.

Lawyers representing Bidzina Ivanishvili, who has been taken to court by the Chamber of Control’s (CoC) financial audit branch, criticize the

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Commercials replaces radio on Tbilisi minibuses

Passengers can no longer hear political satire, but instead get commercials on their way around Tbilisi, if they step onto one of these yellow minibuses. (Photo from Tbilisi municipality.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – The days are over when passengers on Tbilisi minibuses could catch the latest political gossip on their way around town.

Drivers used to tune in to stations like Utsnobi, Palitra and Maestro, which are independent and often poking fun at the Saakashvili

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Another bus crashes along Turkey-Georgia road

Bus overturned in Giresun. Accidents are common along the road between Istanbul and Georgia. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Another accident along the highway most visitors to Georgia arrive on left three Georgians slightly injured.

The accident happened Tuesday evening as the bus driver lost control while trying to overtake a car. The bus veered off the road and

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