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Will Georgia’s opposition rally turn on itself October 4?

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TBILISI, September 25 – With Georgia’s hotly contested October 4 local elections just days away, opposition party Lelo is weighing whether to show up at a major street rally in Tbilisi the same evening. The move could put the party on a collision course with other opposition groups that have vowed to boycott the vote. … Read more

Opposition figure Khabeishvili calls arrest political persecution

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TBILISI, September 24 – Lawyers for Levan Khabeishvili, chairman of the political council of Georgia’s opposition United National Movement (UNM), are doubling down on claims that his arrest is politically motivated. Khabeishvili was detained earlier this month by Georgia’s State Security Service and charged with publicly promising money to officials in exchange for political support. … Read more

Georgian UNM party vows to keep using trademark ‘5’ logo despite it losing official status

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TBILISI, August 11 – The United National Movement (UNM) will ignore a decision by authorities to change the opposition party’s ballot number. UNM lost its official ballot number – in use for decades – for the upcoming October 4 local elections, after failing to register with the Central Election Commission (CEC). UNM figure Irakli Pavlenishvili … Read more

Georgia’s ruling GD prepares to ban opposition party UNM ahead of elections

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TBILISI, August 3 – The United National Movement (UNM), which swept to power in Georgia’s 2003 Rose Revolution and ruled the country for a decade, overhauling public institutions and firing the entire police force, is now facing the prospect of being outlawed. A controversial parliamentary investigation is set to conclude on August 5 with a … Read more

UNM pledges not to prosecute Ivanishvili after elections

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Giga Bokeria, Secretary of the Security Council (IPN)
Giga Bokeria, Secretary of the Security Council (IPN)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The National Movement will not prosecute Bidzina Ivanishvili and his supporters , Giga Bokeria, the party’s foreign affairs secretary said at a briefing on Wednesday.

Bokeria predicts ‘inevitable’ loss by the Georgian Dream,

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UK refuses to extradite former Georgian minister of defense

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Uk rejected Georgia to extradite Davit Kezerashvili (ipn)

TBILISI, DFWatch–‘Political prosecution’ was used as the justification for the London court’s refusal to extradite former UNM official who served as Minister of Defense of Georgia during 2008 Russo-Georgian War and was charged with numerous crimes after his party

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Usupashvili: Partnership with UNM ‘not serious’

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Usupashvili: We can’t speak seriously about a partnership with the United National Movement (2030)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Speaker of Parliament Davit Usupashvili flatly denied allegations that the Republican Party of Georgia, commonly known as the Republicans, was considering a partnership with the United National Movement (UNM) before the parliamentary

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