Sunday, August 24, 2025

Suspect in Girgvliani case pleads guilty

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Oleg Melnikov said Saakashvili and higher officials decided to cover up the murder. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A former government official in Georgia has pleaded guilty in the murder of bank employee Sandro Girgvliani in 2006.

The 28-year old Girgvliani was brutally murdered after a scuffle at a cafe in Tbilisi, during a birthday party for an Interior Ministry

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Further charges against former Georgian intelligence head

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Prosecutors in Georgia have slapped one more charge on Data Akhalaia, who remains abroad. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Prosecutor’s Office in Georgia on Friday presented further charges against a former top intelligence official under Saakashvili.

This again puts the spotlight on Data Akhalaia, who served as head of the domestic intelligence service in Georgia,

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