Davit Kezerashvili

Panama leak shows how Davit Kezerashvili became an oligarch

By | April 11th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: , |

Davit Kezerashvili. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–A newspaper report based on the leaked Panama documents shows how Davit Kezerashvili, who was defense minister during Saakashvili’s presidency, became an oligarch a few days after he resigned. The Swiss newspaper Tribune […]

Interpol calls off search for former Georgian defense minister

By | July 31st, 2015|Categories: News|Tags: , |

Davit Kezerashvili. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Interpol has called off its search for former Georgian Defense Minister Davit Kezerashvili, because the case is believed to be politically motivated. Also an application by Georgia to declare former President Mikheil Saakashvili wanted has been rejected […]

Former defense minister charged with appropriation of property

By | July 3rd, 2015|Categories: News|Tags: |

Davit Kezerashvili. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Prosecutor  General’s Office on Thursday charged a former defense minister with appropriation of property from private persons during his time in office. The Prosecutor General’s Office said Davit Kezerashvili in August, 2010, […]

Georgia modifies charges against five ex-officials including Saakashvili

By | March 14th, 2015|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , |

Mikheil Saakashvili. (Facebook.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian Prosecutor General’s Office on Saturday modified the charges against five former high officials, including ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili. In Saakashvili’s and former Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili’s cases, the charges […]

Davit Kezerashvili acquitted of cognac fraud

By | May 27th, 2014|Categories: In brief, News|Tags: , |

Davit Kezerashvili. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi City Court on Tuesday acquitted former Defense Minister Davit Kezerashvili of cognac fraud. Kezerashvili, who is under house arrest  and electronic surveillance in France after being detained at Nice airport last year and then released in February, was charged by Georgian authorities in February, 2013, with assisting […]

New charges against ex-minister detained in France

By | May 8th, 2014|Categories: News|Tags: |

Davit Kezerashvili, former Georgian defense minister. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The Prosecutor’s Office in Georgia has brought in new charges against former Defense Minister Davit Kezerasvili, who was detained in France last year. Davit Kezerashvili, who was announced wanted through Interpol, was detained in October, 2013, […]

France refuses to extradite former Georgian defense minister

By | February 28th, 2014|Categories: News|Tags: |

Davit Kezerashvili was Georgia’s defense minister during the 2008 war with Russia over a breakaway territory. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–France has refused to extradite former Defense Minister Davit Kezerashvili to Georgia. Kezerashvili is charged with acquiring a large amount of money and for receiving a bribe while he was minister. He is also implicated in the Imedi TV case, […]

Former Georgian defense minister must wear electronic bracelet

By | February 4th, 2014|Categories: News|Tags: |

Davit Kezerashvili. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Former Defense Minister Davit Kezerashvili was Monday released on bail by a French court, under condition that he wears an electronic bracelet. The Georgian Prosecutor’s Office says the judge decided that Kezerashvili cannot leave France and must […]

French prosecutor does not want Kezerashvili extradited

By | January 31st, 2014|Categories: News|Tags: |

Davit Kezerashvili. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–A prosecutor in France does not want to extradite Davit Kezerashvili, former Defense Minister of Georgia, who was detained in France in October, 2013. Georgia has charged the former minister with abuse of power and receiving more than USD 12 million […]

Former Defense Ministry official detained

By | December 15th, 2013|Categories: In brief, News|Tags: , |

TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in Georgia Saturday detained a former official in the Defense Ministry and charged him with illegally owning and keeping a weapon. Alexandre Ninua, former head of the purchasing department at the ministry, was placed in pre-trial detention the same day. […]

Georgian justice minister asks France to extradite ex-minister

By | November 16th, 2013|Categories: News|Tags: , |

Georgia’s Justice Minister Thea Tsulukiani. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s justice minister has asked her French colleague to extradite a former defense minister who faces two separate criminal cases at home. Former Defense Minister Davit Kezerashvili left Georgia for France after the National Movement lost the […]

Former Georgian defense minister remains detained in France

By | November 1st, 2013|Categories: News|Tags: |

Davit Kezerashvili was defense minister during the 2008 Russia-Georgia war. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–A court in France has confirmed the detention of former Georgian Defense Minister Davit Kezerashvili. Kezerashvili is charged with abuse of powers while he was defense minister and was detained at Nice airport on October 15. A court placed him in 40 […]

Former Georgian defense minister detained for 40 days in France

By | October 16th, 2013|Categories: News|Tags: |

Davit Kezerashvili. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Former Defense Minister Davit Kezerashvili, who was detained recently in France, has been placed in 40-day detention until his extradition request has been processed. According to French press, Kezerashvili was planning to travel to Albania from Nice […]

Former Georgian defense minister detained in France

By | October 15th, 2013|Categories: News|Tags: |

Davit Kezerashvili was defense minister during the 2008 Russia-Georgia war. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–A former Georgian defense minister has been detained in France. According to the Interior Ministry, Davit Kezerashvili, who served in President Saakashvili’s government, was detained on Monday in France in a joint operation between Interpol’s Paris […]

New book details ownership in Misha’s Georgia

By | February 24th, 2013|Categories: NGO news|Tags: , , |

Freelance journalist Paul Rimple’s book started with a trip to the corner shop to buy chocolate. (Photo: Londa Beria.) TBILISI, DFWatch–After the election for parliament last year, the process of changing and reallocation ownership has begun, says journalist Paul Rimple, who has published a new book called Who Owned Georgia. In it, he vividly depicts the very sophisticated quasi-legal […]

Ex minister risks 15 years for making fake cognac

By | February 1st, 2013|Categories: In brief, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch — Another official from Mikheil Saakashvili’s government was Wednesday charged with abuse of powers and bribery. The Finance Ministry’s investigative service accuses former Defense Minister Davit Kezerashvili of assisting a criminals gang with […]