Friday, December 5, 2025

New investigation into death of Georgian PM

Most Georgians do not think they have been told the truth about the death of Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania in 2005. (DFWatch photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Investigators in Georgia have reopened the case of the death of a former prime minister, according to his brother.

Goga Zhvania, brother of Zurab Zhvania, who served as Saakashvili’s first prime minister from 2004 to 2005, yesterday evening

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Georgia's dead prime minister: The case that won't go away

Zurab Zhvania was at the head of the rose revolution in 2003 alongside Mikheil Saakashvili and Nino Burjanadze, then became prime minister, but died just over a year later under mysterious circumstances. The case files from the investigation have not been released. (Photo: Mari Nikuradze.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Seven years after his death, the anniversary of Georgia’s late prime minister Zurab Zhvania is still testimony to the fact that many refuse to accept the case as closed.

Some of the youth who gathered in front of parliament in Tbilisi Friday bore

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