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Saakashvili addresses party, delegates return to parliament

President Mikheil Saakashvili addressing party activists at Expo Georgia in Tbilisi December 23, 2012. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — The National Movement party of President Mikheil Saakashvili will return to parliament on Monday.

This became clear at a party conference Sunday. The president addressed his party’s activists and tried to fire them up as they are

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'Justice Minister arranged fake torture video to defuse scandal'

This was the first video showing prisoner mistreatment published September 18, 2012. The Prosecutor's Office in Georgia says Justice Minister Zurab Adeishvili had it staged and published in order to undermine the real videos in the possession of a former prisoner guard who had fled to Europe and was preparing to go public with them. (Screen grab.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — The Georgian Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into one of the prison torture videos that shook the country two weeks before the 2012 parliamentary election.

The first of six videos was published in the morning of September 18,

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Six released on bail in corruption ring case

Director of the TV company Rustavi 2 Nika Gvaramia said that the accusations were poorly prepared and politically motivated. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Six suspects in a corruption case involving a one million dollar bribe, a dummy company and three power stations were Saturday released on bail.

The two most high profile names among the suspected conspirators are Nika Gvaramia, former education

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Vera Kobalia questioned about Cartu Bank bankruptcy scheme

Vera Kobalia, former Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, was Friday night questioned about a fraudulent scheme to run Cartu Bank into bankruptcy. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Former Economy Minister Vera Kobalia was Friday evening questioned regarding the bankruptcy of a bank connected to Prime Minister Ivanishvili.

Former Justice Minister Zurab Adeisvhili was also called in for questioning in the same case,

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