Monday, February 23, 2026

Continued pressure to change vague party financing rules

There were demonstrations in several towns around Georgia and at spots around the capital Tbilisi. New party financing restrictions are vaguely defined, and the groups want to be sure that Mikheil Saakashvili's party will not misuse the powers. Georgia holds parliamentary election this fall. (Photo: Mari Nikuradze.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Groups in Georgia Thursday continued their campaign against the new party financing rules which were ushered in last December.

At different spots around Tbilisi and in several other towns there were demonstrations to highlight the threat posed by

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Protesting the destruction of old green lung

The clearance work Wednesday turned into a cat and mouse game, lumber workers eventually growing tired and leaving, one of them murmuring “cut, not cut – as if they pay me to do this". (Photo: Mari Nikuradze.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – On Dadiani Street in northern Tbilisi near Didube metro, there is a big old park called Kikvidze Park.

Here, the government has decided to build another one of Georgia’s characteristic transparent glass police stations. A protest was launched against

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Georgian lawmaker hints at Russian hand in Ankvab attack

Nugzar Tsiklauri, Caucasus expert in Georgia's parliament, hints at Russian involvement in today's attack on de facto leader of Abkhazia, Alexander Ankvab. (Photo: Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – A lawmaker from Georgia’s ruling party says he doesn’t exclude that Russia was behind today’s ambush of Abkhazian leader Alexander Anhvab’s convoy.

“The fact itself that there were several attacks on this person, while he was the so-called Prime

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FSB forces back plane carrying South Ossetian ex-candidate

“I don't understand what they want from me, and for what I am persecuted,” Tedeev said after FSB forced his plane back to Moscow. The former national wrestling coach was going to the Crimea for health treatment.

TBILISI, DFWatch – Russian security police FSB forced a civilian airliner to return to Moscow and confiscated the passport of a South Ossetian ex-politician.

Dzambolat Tedeev, who pondered running for president in South Ossetia last fall, was sitting on an airplane

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Man hunt as two of Abkhaz leader's guard dies in ambush

One of the five cars in Ankvab's motorcade was completely burnt out in the firefight. Abkhazian police are now using helicopters in their search for the attackers.

TBILISI, DFWatch – This morning’s roadside ambush has left one of de facto Abkhazian president Alexander Ankvab’s bodyguards dead, and authorities are now using helicopters to hunt down the attackers.

The attack happened at 08:25 in the morning Moscow time. News

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Three Georgian soldiers die in Afghanistan

The three died as the vehicle they were driving in exploded. President Saakashvili visited the camp in Helmand province just two days ago.

TBILISI, DFWatch – Three Georgian soldiers have died in Afghanistan, according to Georgia’s Defense Minister. The country has now lost a total of fifteen soldiers in the ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) mission.

“The military servicemen died while they were

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