Friday, May 1, 2026

Interpol snubbed Georgian prosecutors in Adeishvili case

Zurab Adeishvili
Zurab Adeishvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Interpol did not ask Georgian prosecutors for additional information before deciding to call off the search for a former justice minister.

Yesterday, the story broke that Interpol no longer has a so-called red notice on its webpage seeking the arrest

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Suspected police killer says he was pressured into confessing

Shalva Abuladze in court
Shalva Abuladze in court on Saturday. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A Georgian man suspected of killing two policemen denies guilt after first having pleaded guilty.

Shalva Abuladze was booked for two encounters with police, one in January and the last one on April 4, which left two policemen dead and two wounded.

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Two Pankisi youth turned IS fighters call home from Syria: 'We are fine'

Two teenage boys seated, dressed in military fatigues with machine guns, IS flag in background
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TBILISI, DFWatch–Two Georgian boys who recently went to Syria to join Islamic State have called their parents in Pankisi Gorge and sent home their first picture.

Muslim Kushtanashvili (16) and Ramzan Baghakashvili (18) said they are fine and haven’t seen any fighting

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Government declares 'ruthless' policy toward crime

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Irakli Garibashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–After a man suspected of killing two policemen evaded arrest for almost a week, Georgia’s prime minister says that government will be ‘ruthless toward crime’.

The announcement came after several law-enforcement ministers have talked about tougher

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Georgia arrests suspected police killer after nearly week-long manhunt

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TBILISI, DFWatch–The suspect in the murder of two policemen, who was subject to a search by not only the police, but also counterintelligence, was apprehended near his hometown in an abandoned house on Friday.

The Interior Ministry confirmed this on Friday.

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