Tuesday, January 13, 2026

If Saakashvili's weight drops below 52 kg, he may die, doctor says

If Saakashvili’s weight drops below 52 kg, his body will not be able to withstand and he will die, said neurologist who is a member of a medical concilium at the office of Public Defender on Wednesday at the ex-president’s trial. Currently, according to Saakashvili’s lawyer and family, he has started the process of rapid … Read more

Lawyer says Saakashvili's health worsened and has never seen him so weak

Mikheil Saakashvili’s condition has worsened so much that he is being taken to intensive care unit, his lawyer said on Tuesday, although later the director of the hospital, where the third president of Georgia is being treated, said that there are no clinical prerequisites for transferring him to ICU. After the meeting with ex-president, lawyer … Read more

Far-right pro-Russian party disrupts lecture of popular Georgian liberal literary critic

Georgian far-right pro-Russian political party Alt-Info, which is the organizer of July 5 pogroms in 2021, against LGBTQI activists and journalists assumes responsibility for disrupting public lecture of the liberal politician and popular literary critic. The incident took place in Kvareli town, Kakheti on Sunday, where former MP and ex-Soviet dissident Levan Berdzenishvili was supposed … Read more

Perpetrators of appalling violence against 30 y/o woman convicted after 8 years

Tbilisi court on Tuesday found four men guilty of publicly assaulting and humiliating a young woman, the wife of their relative, which led to the woman’s suicide. For the crime that happened eight years ago, each of the defendants was sentenced to 5 years and 6 months in prison. The case concerns the events of … Read more

„Gross violation” of the diplomatic protocol deepens the crisis between the president and Georgian Dream

The conflict between the president and the ruling political team of Georgia is getting worse. On Monday, Salome Zourabichvili demonstratively refused to participate in the Ambassadors’ Conference 2022 due to “gross violations of generally recognized and established rules of state and diplomatic protocol”. “According to the Constitution of Georgia, the President of Georgia is the … Read more

Saakashvili claims Putin personally ordered his assassination by poisoning

The imprisoned former President of Georgia states that the sharp deterioration of his health condition is related to poisoning, which was ordered by Vladimir Putin of Russia. “Putin really ordered me to be killed in prison. American toxicologists have determined that I was poisoned in prison and that this caused all my symptoms. I’m trying … Read more

Georgia braces for court hearing, which will decide on the matter of Saakashvili's “life and death”

Political forces in Georgia are bracing for a court hearing scheduled for Friday, which should review the issue of releasing Mikheil Saakashvili or postponing his sentence. The trial was scheduled at the request of his lawyers, who claim that the health condition of the ex-president is critical and if not transferred abroad for treatment, his … Read more

Five Georgian fighters killed in the battle of Bakhmut, Ukraine

On Saturday, reports were spread about the death of five Georgian fighters at Bakhmut, Donbass. Later, this information was confirmed by the Embassy of Georgia in Kyiv, as well as Georgian volunteers who protect Ukraine from Russian aggression. There are no confirmed details about the death of Georgians so far. According to Radio Liberty, they … Read more

Police arrest nine in connection to Vake Park tragedy that killed 13-year-old girl

As part of the investigation into the causes of the Tbilisi Vake Park tragedy, the police have arrested nine people, including the Deputy Head of the City Hall Environmental Protection Service and director of contractor company, the Ministry of Internal Affairs’ representative said at an emergency briefing on Tuesday. The investigation accuses them of criminal … Read more

Ukrainians rout Russian troops redeployed from Abkhazia: military expert

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Ukrainian army has severely defeated the Russian unit stationed in the breakaway Abkhazia on the Kryvyi Rih front, which suffered such significant losses that the leadership was forced to withdraw it from the front for regrouping, Sova.news, Tbilisi-based Russian-language news portal, reports relying on Ukrainian military expert. “Proud abkhazians were running! Well, how … Read more