TBILISI, October 2 – A former deputy head of Georgia’s State Security Service has been released on 500,000 lari bail after spending more than four months in custody. Levan Akhobadze, a former deputy head of the domestic intelligence agency, is charged with bribery in a wider corruption investigation involving his former boss, ex-security chief Grigol … Read more
TBILISI, September 16 – A Tbilisi court on Wednesday sentenced former State Security Service chief Grigol Liluashvili to 13 years in prison for corruption. The judge at Tbilisi City Court found Liluashvili guilty in four cases, involving the Tbilisi kindergarten management agency, fraudulent call centers and two bribery episodes involving former deputy economy minister Romeo … Read more
TBILISI, September 8 – Georgia’s former chief prosecutor Otar Romanov-Partskhaladze says he has formed a volunteer unit in Russia that will fight on Moscow’s side in the war against Ukraine. Partskhaladze told Russian state news agency TASS on Monday that he had personally decided to join the war effort and had created an international volunteer … Read more
TBILISI, February 19 – Georgian investigative journalist Eliso Kiladze has been detained in connection with the so called “call centers” case, according to Interpressnews. The Prosecutor’s Office confirmed her detention and outlined the charges brought against her. According to prosecutors, Kiladze is charged under specific articles of Georgia’s Criminal Code related to actions connected to … Read more