Monday, December 8, 2025

Georgian Dream hesitates over inquest into destruction of gold mine

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Protesters were outraged when the Culture Ministry suddenly allowed RMG Gold to proceed with mining blasts at Sakdrisi in December. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Doubt has been cast on the Georgian parliament’s plans to have an inquest into the destruction of a prehistoric gold mine, as a leading parliamentarian says he no longer thinks it’s a good idea.

The ancient cave complex in Sakdrisi in southern

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Over 30 witnesses questioned about Yuri Vazagashvili's death

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Yuri Vazagashvili (right) with Bidzina Ivanishvili in February 2012. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–At least thirty people have so far been questioned about the death of Yuri Vazagashvili, father of a victim of a controversial police operation in 2006.

Zurab Vazagashvili’s death nearly nine years ago became a symbol of the heavy-handed police

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