Sunday, March 22, 2026

'Mastermind of Istanbul attack was an agent for Saakashvili'

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Sozar Subari. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Two leading politicians in Georgia believe that Akhmed Chatayev, the suspected mastermind of the terrorist attack at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport, was an ‘agent of the previous government.’

“It turns out that this prominent terrorist [Chatayev] was an agent

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Georgia denies that Istanbul airport attack's mastermind was its citizen

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Akhmed Chatayev in Tbilisi in 2012. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Russia and Georgia disagree about what citizenship the suspected mastermind behind the terror attack at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport June 28 has.

Russia claims Akhmed Chatayev is not a Russian but a Georgian citizen. Georgia, on the other hand,

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Was Istanbul airport attack organized by militant with links to Georgia?

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Akhmed Chatayev. (Interpressnews.)
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Chatayev was missing his left leg and right arm as he appeared outside the court building in Tbilisi in December, 2012. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The terrorist attack at Istanbul Atatürk Airport on 28 June, which claimed the lives of 44 victims and three suicide bombers and left 239 people wounded, is believed to have been organized by Akhmed Chatayev, a Russian national

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Georgian parliament gives amnesty to 116 elderly prisoners

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The bill’s author Gubaz Sanikidze says it is a humane act toward elderly people. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian parliament on June 24 passed an amnesty bill which will release female prisoners older than 65 and male prisoners over 70, if they are convicted of lesser crimes.

The bill was proposed by the National Forum faction in parliament

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