Sunday, August 17, 2025

Putin received the highest percentage of votes in Georgia's two breakaway regions

Abkhazia’s de facto president Raul Khajimba at a precinct opened in the breakaway region for voting the Russian presidential election. (Ekhokavkaza.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–In two enclaves carved out of neighboring Georgia, Vladimir Putin received the highest percentage of votes in the Russian presidential election: 94 percent of votes in Abkhazia and 93 percent in South Ossetia.

The two regions which both have a heavy Russian

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Georgian Lawyer's Association chair attacked by rebel members

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Zaza Khatiashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–In Georgian Lawyer’s Association, some of the members have started procedures to dismiss their chairman.

The rebel members claim the reason is that Zaza Khatiashvili is a supporter of the former ruling party, the National Movement, and also that he

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Abashidze-Karasin talks planned for March 4 in Prague

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Zurab Abashidze (left), the Georgian Prime Minister’s Special Representative for Russian Relations, and Gregory Karasin, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The next meeting between Russian and Georgian negotiators might take place on March 4 or 5.

Zurab Abashidze, the Prime Minister’s Special Representative for Russian Relations, told Interpressnews that the meeting will be held in Prague.

At this

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Georgia and Russia to discuss top level meeting

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Grigory Karasin, Russian Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Negotiators for Georgia and Russia are to discuss the possibility of holding a top level meeting between the presidents of the two countries.

Gregory Karasin, Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister of Russia, said on Wednesday that his next meeting with

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Georgian PM ready for direct talks with Russian leaders

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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili says he is ready to have direct dialogue with Russian leaders.

Gharibashvili’s statement was a response to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who said on Monday that he is willing to meet with President

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Georgian president to carefully study Putin's offer to meet

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President of Georgia, Giorgi Margvelashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian president says he will ‘carefully and seriously analyze’ a statement made by Russian President Vladimir Putin about a possible meeting between the two of them.

When Georgian journalists attending the Sochi Winter Olympics asked Putin about

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