Thursday, February 19, 2026

Deputy defense minister protests against unfair questioning

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Deputy Defense Minister Aleksandre Batiashvili. (Pirveli.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A deputy defense minister in Georgia protested against ‘a number of violations’ on Monday after spending about ten hours in questioning about a corruption case involving defense officials.

Alexi Batiashvili has status as witness in the case

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Parliament speaker says corruption case has harmed Georgia's defense ability

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Speaker of Parliament Davit Usupashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s parliament speaker says the detention of five defense ministry officials accused of corruption has seriously harmed the country’s defense ability, even if the charges turn out to be false.

Speaker of Parliament Davit Usupashvili

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Activists detained – want Saakashvili's party banned

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(Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A group of people from the organization Free Generation Tuesday evening demonstrated outside the office of the National Movement, Georgia’s former ruling party, demanding that it is declared illegal.

In the ensuing scuffle, six person were detained

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