Friday, December 5, 2025

2008 war remembered in Georgia

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Irakli Alasania (center) from the opposition Georgian Dream coalition, remembering those who died in the 2008 war. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Commemoration events will be held during a whole week in Georgia to pay tribute to victims of Russian-Georgian war in 2008.

370 people died as a result of the five-day war. 190 of them were civilians, 169 soldiers and 14 policemen, three journalists

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Media demonstrated outside Saakashvili's palace

Director of Maestro TV, Ilia Kikabidze, tried to deliver a satellite dish full of signatures to President Mikheil Saakashvili's residence. It was rejected. (Photo: Londa Beria.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – A rally was held Wednesday outside President Mikheil Saakashvili’s residence in protest against the seizure of thousands of satellite dishes which prevents Georgians from seeing government-critical channels.

The president’s residence

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