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Minister in Georgia wanted to electrocute opposition athlete

Sports minister Lado Vardzelashvili is calling in his country's leading athletes to secure their loyalty, an opposition ahtlete claims. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – An athlete in Georgia claims that a government minister said he wanted to electrocute him as punishment for joining the opposition.

The would-be victim, 2004 Olympic judo champion Zurab Zviadauri, joined the Georgian Dream movement of billionaire

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