Friday, March 27, 2026

Georgian government relaunches plan to split the Interior Ministry

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The Moduli building, where Georgia’s counterintelligence used to interrogate political opponents of Saakashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian government has announced the start of long-awaited reform of the powerful Interior Ministry.

It is formally known as the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), and was created during Saakashvili when the counterintelligence

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Azerbaijan hosts Saakashvili, rejects Georgia's extradition request

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Mikheil Saakashvili (left) and Ilham Aliyev. (Facebook.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia has asked Azerbaijan to detain ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili during a visit to the neighbor country.

Saakashvili has had a meeting with the president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev. According to local media, Azerbaijan’s

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