Tag: Davit Sakvarelidze

Text messages 'prove' Saakashvili ally pressured Georgia Supreme Court judges

February 7, 2017 by DFWatch staff

davit_sakvarelidze — Davit Sakvarelidze, a Georgian who has worked as prosecutor both in his home country and in Ukraine, is accused of sending text messages to two Supreme Court judges in Georgia. He currently lives in Ukraine.

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s top prosecutor on Tuesday presented text messages allegedly sent from Ukraine as proof that a close ally of former President Mikheil Saakashvili had tried to put pressure on two Supreme Court judges in a lawsuit that could silence

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Ukraine fires deputy chief prosecutor, a Georgian

March 30, 2016 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, DFWatch–Davit Sakvarelidze, a former Georgian official, has been fired as deputy chief prosecutor of Ukraine.

He was fired for violating the ethics of a prosecutor, and for interfering in the business of another prosecutor, according to the the website

Ukraine detains two high officials for corruption

July 8, 2015 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, DFWatch–The new government in Ukraine has detained the deputy chief prosecutor and deputy head of the investigation service on suspicion of corruption.

Ukrainian media report that the General Prosecutor’s Office and Ukraine’s security service

Georgia's oldest member of parliament (88) retires

March 5, 2015 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, DFWatch–The oldest member of the Georgian parliament, 88 year old Giorgi (Gogi) Ochiauri, has asked to be relieved for health reasons.

Ochiauri is a professor at the Academy of Arts. He was elected from the National Movement party list in October, 2012.