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Kaladze and Ivanishvili may pay new fines to help storm victims

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Many are still without a place to live after the storm July 19. (Mari Nikuradze.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – The leader of the opposition Georgian Dream coalition and his partner, a former AC Milan player, are ready to give more money to the state to assist people who suffered losses due to a hailstorm on July 19.

The storm seriously damaged villages in

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Former AC Milan player Kakhi Kaladze fined USD 10 million

Kakhi Kaladze fined 10 million USD by Saakashvili's "nanny state". Lawyers say there is no law in Georgia which makes it illegal to withdraw money from a bank account without explaining to authorities what it is going to be spent on. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – A well-known football player who left his career to join the opposition Georgian Dream coalition was on Friday fined 17 million lari for not doing as he was told by the State Audit Office.

Kakhi Kaladze’s property was also seized, but he doesn’t

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Journalist stalkers in Georgia continue unhindered

Stalkers are continuing to interrupt the work of journalists, despite the existence of laws that could be used if authorities wanted to intervene. (info9)

TBILISI, DFWatch – For more than a month, journalists with an opposition-leaning news service in Georgia have been followed around by a group of unknown people while trying to do their work.

The stalkers carry cameras and microphones, but do not appear to have an

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