Friday, December 5, 2025

Georgia pipeline plot suspect denies link to Ukraine

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Protester against the Gazprom pipeline wearing the Ukrainian flag outside the government building in Tbilisi, January 16, 2016. (DFWatch.)
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Protesters against Gazprom’s pipeline linked their cause to Ukraine’s conflict with Russia and the helicopter pilot Savchenko. (DF Watch.)
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The gas pipeline has been damaged by landslides several times, last in August 2014. (Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–One of the seven men arrested in Georgia for planning to blow up a RussianĀ gas pipeline has denied any links to Ukraine.

The suspect Beka Bekauri is still in hospital after suffering serious head trauma. He has had an operation and his condition is now stable.

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Georgian students: the generation of 'three nos'

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Beka Dadeshkeliani (left), head of the student union for social and political studies, and Beka Bekauri, head of the natural sciences students union. (Click to watch video.) (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–DF Watch on July 18 organized a discussion about the situation of students today.

What problems are students facing? How can they be let to realize their skills and knowledge? In what way can the government or educational institutions help them,

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