Friday, December 5, 2025

Valeri Gelbakhiani

Georgian accused of 2007 plot released on bail

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Georgian authorities accuse Valeri Gelbakhiani of trying to foment unrest and bribe officials during an opposition campaign figureheaded by Badri Patarkatsishvili in 2007. (Photo: Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – The former member of parliament accused of planning a coup d’état in 2007 was released on bail.

Georgian authorities accuse Valeri Gelbakhiani of having hatched the plot together with Badri Patarkatsishvili, a now deceased billionaire who owned

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Ex-MP arrested for coup attempt as crosses border to Georgia

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Valeri Gelbakhiani, who was convicted in absentia in 2008 for attempted coup d'état, came back to see his mother, who lies seriously ill in a regional hospital in Georgia. (Photo: Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – A former parliamentarian has been arrested in Georgia today just as he entered the country from Armenia.

Valeri Gelbakhiani had just crossed the border as law-enforcers arrested him. He voluntarily surrendered and was transferred

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