Aslan Abashidze, Adjara's former ruler, sentenced in absentia to 15 years' jail August 13, 2016 by DFWatch staff Aslan Abashidze. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Aslan Abashidze, the ruler of breakaway Adjara who fled the country after the Rose Revolution, was Friday sentenced in absentia to 15 years in jail for a murder 25 years ago and other crimes. Read more