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Police Restrict Armenian Genocide Remembrance Event Near Turkish Embassy Under Newer Rally Laws
A local Armenian community group said on April 24 that the Georgian Interior Ministry has denied them holding an Armenian Genocide remembrance event near the Turkish Embassy in Tbilisi in a break of tradition and under stricter rally laws that require advance police notice and allow the ministry to request changing time, location, and route …
Lazare Grigoriadis, Previously Convicted in 2023 Protest Case, Arrested on New Allegations
Lazare Grigoriadis, who was previously convicted in a “Molotov cocktail” case related to the 2023 protests against the foreign agents law, was arrested on new allegations of making a “threat” two years after he left jail through a presidential pardon. Grigoriadis, 25, was arrested under Article 151 of the Criminal Code, covering threats to life, …
Court Terminates Mzia Amaghlobeli’s Defamation Lawsuit Against Irakli Kobakhidze
Tbilisi City Court terminated imprisoned journalist Mzia Amaghlobeli’s lawsuit against Georgian Dream Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze over televised comments in which he said, among others, that she was a “party activist,” “funded from abroad,” and acting on a “specific instruction” to “insult” the police. The termination ended the case without considering the merits According to …
Sokhumi, Tskhinvali, Moscow Digest – April 17-23, 2026
Below is the weekly digest of key developments and discourses in and around the occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali/South Ossetia, as well as those concerning Tbilisi–Moscow relations. Sokhumi De Facto Parliament Protects Opposition Leader Kvarchia In Abkhazia, the de facto parliament has refused to lift the immunity of MP Kan Kvarchia in a case linked to Russian political consultants, as requested by …
Poet Zviad Ratiani Placed Under Stricter Prison Regime as Penitentiary Service Cites ‘Higher Risk’
Poet Zviad Ratiani, who is serving a two-year sentence for slapping a police officer, was placed under a stricter prison regime in a decision his lawyer described as “unsubstantiated,” as the Special Penitentiary Service cited “information regarding his safety” that it said led to his classification as a “higher-risk” inmate. In a letter from Tbilisi’s …
RFE/RL Identifies Arrested Man Who Pro-Government Media Says Spied for Russia
A man arrested by the State Security Service of Georgia (SSSG) on spying charges, who pro-government media said worked for Russia, has been identified by RFE/RL’s Georgian Service as Tamaz Goloev (Goloti), a 27-year-old resident of Akhalgori, a town in the occupied Tskhinvali region. The outlet said it spoke with Goloev’s mother, Maia, who said …
Former Defense Minister Juansher Burchuladze Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
Georgia’s former defense minister, Juansher Burchuladze, was sentenced to ten years in prison after being found guilty of abuse of office and large-scale money laundering. He also had several of his properties confiscated, including a land plot and a house in Malaga, Spain. Tbilisi City Court Judge Irakli Khuskivadze delivered the verdict on April 23, …
GD Officials Suggest Summoning EU Ambassador Over His ‘Dark Past’ Remarks Made in Brussels
Senior Georgian Dream officials have suggested summoning EU Ambassador in Georgia Paweł Herczyński over his remarks made in Brussels, where the diplomat warned, among others, not to let Georgian people “go back to the dark times.” The remarks, obtained by Netgazeti, were made on April 23 during the launching ceremony of “Georgia in Focus” exhibition …
Zurab Pataradze Nominated to Lead Adjara Government
Zurab Pataradze, a diplomat who chaired the Adjara Autonomous government years ago, has been nominated to return to the post, Georgian Dream-elected President Mikheil Kavelashvili announced on April 23. The region’s Supreme Council, dominated by Georgian Dream, is set to approve the nomination. Pataradze will replace Sulkhan Tamazashvili, a UK-sanctioned official who is set to …
PhotoFeature | ‘Dog doesn’t die from a limp’ – Georgian shepherds defy, embrace change
Author: Kit Yuen *All photographs by Kit Yuen – kityuen.co.uk @kityuen_ The first thing you notice in Dano is that it looks like a portal into the distant past. This wild and untamed village, isolated by the high mountains of Tusheti in Georgia’s north-eastern province, seems forgotten by all except God. You’d be forgiven for …