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Appeals Court rejects Igor Giorgadze's lawsuit against DFWatch

TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi Court of Appeals on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by former Georgian security chief and former KGB operative Igor Giorgadze against DFWatch and its editor Lasha Tughushi, in which he demanded a retraction of information published in a 2016 article. The Court of Appeals fully agreed with and upheld an earlier decision by … Read more

Tbilisi City Court holds second hearing in Igor Giorgadze's lawsuit against DFWatch

TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi City Court on Tuesday held its second hearing in a lawsuit filed by a former Georgian politician turned Kremlin ally against DFWatch for an article published in 2016. The claimant, Igor Giorgadze, served as Minister of State Security in 1993-1995, until he fled to Russia in the wake of the failed assassination attempt … Read more

Russia does not rule out 'military measures' against Georgia in new threats over Tbilisi biolab

TBILISI, DFWatch–Russia launched new threats and accusation against Georgia on Thursday over a US-funded laboratory in Tbilisi, warning that even ‘military measures’ are not ruled out. The move was ostensibly triggered by a former KGB general who served as Georgia’s security chief in the 1990s but fled the country after being accused of assassination attempt … Read more

About a former KGB operative’s lawsuit

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Igor Giorgadze has sued DFWatch.

Igor Giorgadze, the former Security Minister of Georgia, and an extremely controversial person in the country’s modern history, has sued DFWatch for an article published on July 23.

First of all, he objects to the title of the English version of the article, which refers to him as ‘public enemy number one’.

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