Sunday, December 7, 2025

Tenser by the day in Tskhinvali, Moscow ambassador to run

Dimitry Medoyev, South Ossetian ambassador to Moscow, has emerged as a new possible leader of the region, after the two most popular candidates both refused to take part March 25.

TBILISI, DFWatch – The situation in Georgia’s breakaway region South Ossetia ahead of a rescheduled elections is getting more strained day by day.

The region’s state security committee released a statement Wednesday warning of ‘possible provocations by Georgian special

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Medvedev wants to reestablish trade relations with Georgia

TBILISI, DFWatch – Russian President Dimitry Medvedev says the Russian and Georgian people should have relations and thinks it’s therefore necessary to restore trade relation.

The president made this statement on Monday during a meeting with his supporters.

“We have

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Kremlin favorite withdraws from South Ossetian election

South Ossetian opposition leader Alla Dzhioyeva is adamant that she will be inaugurated as president on Friday, her second attempt. Authorities under leadership of acting president Vadim Brovtsev want to hold an entirely new election in March, but the two top candidates refuse to participate.

TBILISI, DFWatch – The situation in Georgia’s breakaway region South Ossetia is getting more complicated as both top candidates refuse to take part in a rescheduled election on March 25.

Kremlin favorite Anatoly Bibilov says he refrains from taking part

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Journalist's home shot at in Tbilisi

Khatuna Paichadze says she believes the attack was related to her work at weekly newspaper Kviris Palitra, where she has been writing sharp investigative reports for the last two weeks. Kviris Palitra has been at odds with Georgian authorities over the last year over their coverage of the police action May 26 last year and is currently subject to a vaguely defined audit by tax authorities. (Photo: Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – A shot was fired at a journalist’s house in the Georgian capital Monday. No-one was injured.

The journalist Khatuna Paichadze was at work when the shot rang out at around 14:00 local time. The bullet broke a window in her first floor flat in an Italian yard

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