Friday, December 12, 2025

One unquoted word created crisis in Georgian media

Imedi grabbed onto the word 'legally', ignoring the correction from GHN. The segment was headlined "Ivanishvili's statement: 'Legal Russian aggression'". (Screengrab from Imedi.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – A report sent out by a Georgian news agency led to controversy Tuesday.

GHN’s report said that after Russia became involved in the war in South Ossetia on August 8, 2008, it legally brought military equipment into the region.

This report was read

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2008 war remembered in Georgia

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Irakli Alasania (center) from the opposition Georgian Dream coalition, remembering those who died in the 2008 war. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Commemoration events will be held during a whole week in Georgia to pay tribute to victims of Russian-Georgian war in 2008.

370 people died as a result of the five-day war. 190 of them were civilians, 169 soldiers and 14 policemen, three journalists

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Takeover of Ivanishvili company runs its course

Imeda Nikuradze was sentenced to 20 days administrative detention for resisting the police during the takeover. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – A lawyer for a company affiliated with the largest opposition bloc in Georgia has been sentenced to twenty days administrative detention for resisting police.

His lawyers say Tbilisi City Court’s decision was illegal and are going to appeal.

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Former member of Georgian parliament murdered in Minsk

Bondo Shalikian was member of parliament in Georgia and had a reputation as a mafia boss. He was shot to death in Minsk on August 7. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – The former member of the Georgian parliament and mafia boss Bondo Shalikian has been shot and killed in Minsk, Belarus. According to Belarusian police, the murder took place in the night of August 7.

Investigators in Belarus are working from

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Speaker of Parliament is abusing his position

Speaker of Parliament Davit Bakradze is bringing with him employees of the parliament to do campaigning for the National Movement party. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Now that the date of Georgia’s parliamentary elections has been set to October 1, political parties are under certain restrictions set by law, that last until Election Day.

One restriction is that it is prohibited to use administrative resources for campaigning.

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