Friday, December 5, 2025

Negotiations are the only way out of Georgia’s political crisis

EDITORIAL When parliament nominated hardliner candidate Irakli Gharibashvili as prime minister, he dedicated his speech not to defeating the pandemic, not to the economy, occupation or social problems, but to fighting political opposition.  After Melia’s arrest, the newly appointed PM thanked the police for their “successful operation”. Similar statements were made by senior state officials. … Read more

About a former KGB operative’s lawsuit

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Igor Giorgadze has sued DFWatch.

Igor Giorgadze, the former Security Minister of Georgia, and an extremely controversial person in the country’s modern history, has sued DFWatch for an article published on July 23.

First of all, he objects to the title of the English version of the article, which refers to him as ‘public enemy number one’.

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