Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Rappers whose arrest sparked review of drug policy released on bail

Mishka Mgaloblishvili. (Rustavi 2.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Appeals Court in Georgia released on bail two rappers whose controversial arrest on drug charges may have hastened a review of the drug policy.

The court released the two on bail Monday after their arrest June 10 for possession of between 1.5 and 2.3 grams

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Georgia's ruling party bans sale of agricultural land to foreigners

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s ruling party has decided to ban the sale of agricultural land to foreigners by adding a clause to the Constitution.

PM Giorgi Kvirikashvili announced Thursday that a passage will be added to the Constitution to ban the sale of land

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Georgian world boxing champion arrested in the US

Avtandil Khurtsidze, WBO middleweight title holder
WBO world middleweight champion Avtandil Kurtsidze.

TBILISI, DFWatch–A Georgian world boxing champion has been arrested in the United States along with a martial arts practicioner, also from Georgia, for alleged ties to a Russian crime syndicate.

Avtandil Khurtsidze, who currently holds a World Boxing Organization middleweight title,

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TV news anchor may join race for new Tbilisi mayor

News anchor Zaal Udumashvili
Zaal Udumashvili speaking at a demonstration in Tbilisi in February, 2017. (Rustavi 2.)
Independent candidate Aleksandre Elisashvili may also have a chance. (DFWatch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A news anchor on Georgia’s biggest private television channel has confirmed that he may run for mayor of Tbilisi as a candidate for the biggest opposition party UNM.

The entry of Zaal Udumashvili, host of the evening news on Rustavi 2,

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