Monthly Archives: May 2022

GD rules out Saakashvili’s transfer abroad, opposition says ex-president actually “sentenced to death”

By | May 30th, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: , |

The statement of the chairman of the Georgian Dream, who categorically ruled out the transfer of ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili abroad for medical treatment, caused great outrage in the opposition. "Irakli Kobakhidze actually sentenced to death Mikheil Saakashvili," said Nika Gvaramia, director general of the main opposition TV channel, Mtavari Arkhi, who himself was sentenced to a [...]

27 y/o Georgian killed in the bastion of Mariupol’s Ukrainian defenders

By | May 12th, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: , , , |

Georgian fighter, 27-year-old Tato Bigvava, commander of the second company of the Azov Regiment of the National Guard of Ukraine has died in the bastion of the defenders of Mariupol, on the territory of the Azovstal plant. The cause of death was believed to have been a cluster bomb explosion. It was dropped by Russian troops [...]

Links between conflict in Ukraine and Georgia

By | May 2nd, 2022|Categories: Opinion|

David L. Phillips We were seated at the conference table in the office of Mikhail Saakashvili (aka “Misha”), the former President of Georgia, to discuss tensions with Russia. It was June 2008, just prior to the outbreak of war with separatist forces in South Ossetia and Abkhazia. I noticed photos with Senator John McCain, stacked on [...]