Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Russian Duma members in Tbilisi — how unusual is it?

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Member of Parliament Akaki Minashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A duel of words has broken out in Tbilisi after members of the Russian Duma turned up at a football match between Dinamo Tbilisi and Dinamo Moscow.

The friendship match on July 7 is the first time since the breakup of the Soviet Union that the two

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EU enlargement commissioner continues Georgia tour

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Štefan Füle (left), European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy, and President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili. (Photo published on Saakashvili’s Facebook page.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Štefan Füle, European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy, is in Georgia and has met with the president and members of the parliamentary opposition.

After meeting with President Mikheil Saakshvili, the EU’s enlargement

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Protest against tree-cutting in Tbilisi

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Campaigners say they have gathered more than five thousand signatures against the clearing of trees to build a complex of apartment blocks. They demand that the area be made a recreational zone. (Palitra TV.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–More than 40 healthy trees were cut at the former psychiatric clinic in Tbilisi on Monday. Youth and locals rallied outside, demanding a stop to the tree-cutting.

Rally participants brought posters which read ‘Don’t cut’ and ‘Tbilisi City Hall is an enemy

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Ivanishvili criticizes prisoner abuse whistleblower walking free

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Most of the abuse took place at Gldani prison in Tbilisi, where the whistleblower Bedukadze used to work. (DFWatch photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili criticizes the chief prosecutor for having freed a former prison guard from criminal responsibility for torturing prisoners because he blew the whistle on the scandal.

The whistleblower, Vladimer Bedukadze, was released

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Youth rallied against Russian lawmakers at Tbilisi match

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Three were detained after the incident. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Dinamo Tbilisi and Dinamo Moscow played a friendship match in Tbilisi on Sunday. It was attended by Cristiano Ronaldo and Andriy Shevchenko, and guests from the Russian Duma.

The presence of the Russian parliamentarians caused youth groups to

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Štefan Füle to visit Georgia July 11-12

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Štefan Füle, European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy. (Official photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Štefan Füle, European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy, will visit Georgia July 11-12.

Davit Jalaghania, Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, said at a briefing Monday that the visit is planned to be held in Batumi, a city

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Bakradze wins Saakashvili party's second primary

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Davit Bakradze, one of UNM’s four candidates for president. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Davit Bakradze, leader of the parliamentary opposition, won the United National Movement’s second primary election for the upcoming presidential election in October.

This latest party conference was held in Gori, a town closer to the capital.

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