Friday, December 5, 2025

Ivanishvili drew big crowd at second campaign rally

Bidzina Ivanishvili promised to improve the minimum wage and provide every citizen with a state health insurance. (Photo: Mari Nikuradze.)

KUTAISI, DFWatch – The main opposition bloc in Georgia Sunday mobilized supporters again, this time in the second largest city Kutaisi.

The goal of Georgian Dream’s rally was to gather supporters from different villages and cities in the region Imereti. Supporters

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Georgian opposition mobilizes in Kutaisi today

The opposition Georgian Dream started its election campaign May 27 in Tbilisi (above). Today, they continue in Kutaisi. (Photo: Mari Nikuradze.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – The main opposition movement in Georgia plans to hold another large rally on Sunday, this time in the country’s second largest city Kutaisi.

Georgian Dream, which is a coalition set up by Saakashvili’s main competitor, billionaire Bidzina

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Claims that Georgian opposition bribed voters

Maia Panjikidze, spokesperson for Georgian Dream, says the movement will make people's dreams come true after the election, not before. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – A new strongly pro-government organization says the main opposition bloc in Georgia may be disqualified in the upcoming parliament elections, because of what it says is bribery of voters.

The organization, called Clean Politics, which was set up two

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Massive opposition demonstration in Tbilisi

The opposition movement mobilized a large crowd of supporters in Tbilisi Sunday. (Photo: Mari Nikuradze.)

The opposition movement Georgian Dream mobilized tens of thousands of supporters in Tbilisi Sunday.

Crowds marched from three different locations in order to converge on Freedom Square. There, a stage had been assembled, from which the movement’s leader,

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Ivanishvili sells off his assets in Russia

Bidzina Ivanishvili was criticized by the Saakashvili regime for having too much a foothold in Russian business. “It will be interesting to see what they will say when I don’t have any relations with Russia any more,” he says. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Saakashvili’s main political opponent Bidzina Ivanishvili will sell all his property in Russia by the end of May.

The billionaire said this after it became public that his shares in companies in Russia were already sold. According to Forbes magazine,

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