Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Prosecutors and MoD quarrel: who is keeping corruption case secret?

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Prosecutor’s Office. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–As five defense officials remain in pre-trial detention on corruption charges, the Defense Ministry and Prosecutor’s Office are quarreling over whose fault it is that the case documents remain classified.

The five, who were detained October 28,

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Parliament speaker says corruption case has harmed Georgia's defense ability

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Speaker of Parliament Davit Usupashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s parliament speaker says the detention of five defense ministry officials accused of corruption has seriously harmed the country’s defense ability, even if the charges turn out to be false.

Speaker of Parliament Davit Usupashvili

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Five Defense Ministry officials detained, accused of embezzlement

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The Defense Ministry issued a statement after one former and four current officials were detained. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Prosecutor’s Office in Georgia on Tuesday detained five officials at the Defense Ministry and accused them of embezzlement of about USD 2.3 million of the state’s money.

The office accuses them of granting advantages to the communication

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