Monday, December 8, 2025

Alleged IS plot, Russian helicopter overflight topics at IPRM

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A Russian helicopter of this type flew over Georgian-controlled territory on December 10. (U.S. Department of Defense.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–An alleged New Year’s terror plot by Islamic State and an airspace violation by a Russian helicopter were some one of the topics at a regular field meeting about the conflict over the breakaway territory South Ossetia on Wednesday.

The meeting

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Over thirty witnesses questioned in pardon-fixing case

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Aleko Elisashvili, city council member and former head of the president’s pardon commission.

TBILISI, DFWatch–The question of whether politicians tried to use their influence to fast-track the pardoning of certain prisoners was no closer to being settled Wednesday, after prosecutors had questioned at least 30 people.

Prosecutor Koka Katsitadze said he doesn’t

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Four dead bodies discovered in Georgia near border with Turkey

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Vladimer Gogidze found the bodies while he was out hunting with a friend. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Four dead bodies were discovered in Khelvachauri in southwestern Georgia on Saturday, four kilometers from the border with Turkey.

The four bodies were frozen and almost covered in snow, and allegedly belong to citizens of Bangladesh.

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Georgia's Ministry of Economy scores lowest in openness survey

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Giorgi Kldiashvili (left), IDFI, and Keti Khutsishvili, OSGF. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Ministry of Economic Development is the most closed public institution in Georgia, in terms of providing public information.

This is one of the findings in a new report published Friday by the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI).

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