Friday, December 5, 2025

Saakashvili supporters prevent Ivanishvili from addressing crowd

Supporters of the ruling party prevented Bidzina Ivanishvili from addressing locals in the village Beshumi in southwest Georgia. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Activists for the governing party Saturday prevented President Saakashvili’s main opponent, Bidzina Ivanishvili, from meeting with the population in a small mountain village in the Adjara region, in the southwest of Georgia.

Journalists are reporting

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Georgian Olympic athlete let down due to opposition sympathies

Betkil Shukvani (left) lost a judo match and says the Georgian Olympic team didn't back him up after an unfair decision by the referee. He says all athletes are divided in pro-government and pro-opposition camps now. Georgian Dream spokesperson Maia Panjikidze to his right. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – A Georgian athlete says he might have been subject to political harassment at the London Olympics.

July 28, the Georgian sportsman Betkil Shukvani lost against an Australian in a judo match and then unexpectedly left the Olympics

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Bank account frozen because of opposition sympathies

Lasha Natsvlishvili's bank accounts were frozen. (Ambebi.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Another opposition sympathizer in Georgia has had his bank account frozen.

By decision of Tbilisi City Court, all bank accounts belonging to former Deputy Security Minister Lasha Natsvlishvili were seized. Currently, Natsvlishvili is not a member

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Channel 9 journalist blackmailed

Nodar Chachua at the prosecutor's office reporting the blackmail. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – The Georgian Ombudsman says the blackmailing of a journalist working for the opposition affiliated Channel 9 TV contains the signs of a crime.

Journalist Nodar Chachua, who used to work for one of the three pro-government channels, says he was

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Woman dragged away from cameras and locked in a cellar

Roza Tskhabelia just wanted to talk to the president, but was forced away and put in a cellar until Saakashvili had left. (Info9.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – An elderly woman who tried to approach President Saakashvili to tell him about her family’s problems, ended up being dragged away from the TV cameras and locked in a cellar Tuesday.

The incident happened in Tsaishi, a village near

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