19 Jan 2023, 08:43 UTC≈2,930 views11 reactionsread 6 August 2026 ⚡️Georgian Dream Chair Irakli Kobakhidze has welcomed the possibility of the resumption of flights between Georgia and Russia, citing its ‘importance’ to Georgians.
This came in response to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s praise of the Georgian government’s ‘courage’ for not joining sanctions against Russia.
‘When it comes to alleviating the situation of our citizens, any such decision is welcome for us,' …
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10 Jan 2023, 14:43 UTC≈2,880 views0 reactionsread 6 August 2026 ⚡️Audio alleged to be a recording of Nika Melia, the chair of Georgia’s opposition United National Movement (UNM), criticising and using obscene language against former president Mikheil Saakashvili, has been circulating on Georgian social media since Monday. The UNM has dismissed the recording as ‘fabricated’.
The origin and authenticity of the 44-second recording, alleged to date to 2021, remains unconfirmed.
Whi…
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5 Jan 2023, 15:00 UTC≈1,870 viewsread 6 August 2026 ⚡️ Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs has launched an investigation into an alleged attack on former Prime Minister and Interior Minister, Vano Merabishvili, by the son-in-law of conservative campaigner Gia ‘Utsnobi’ Gachechiladze.
Speaking to Rustavi 2 on Wednesday, Giorgi Sharashidze confirmed that he ‘physically contacted’ Vano Merabishvili on Monday.
‘There was a confrontation between me and Vano Merabishvi…
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3 Jan 2023, 14:18 UTC≈1,460 views3 reactionsread 6 August 2026 ⚡️Daghestani police beat participants of a protest on 2 January, who were demanding the punishment of the alleged killers of a 19-year-old man. The following day, a video was published in which the victim’s father claimed his demands had been fulfilled, and called on people to refrain from further protests.
19-year-old Magomed-Ali Sultanov was killed on 10 November 2022 in the Kayakentsky district of east Daghestan.…
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27 Dec 2022, 12:32 UTC988 viewsread 6 August 2026 Photo
⚡️Tbilisi State University elects new rector uncontested
Tbilisi State University (TSU) Academic Council have elected Jaba Samushia as the university's rector. Samushia’s election was controversial as he ran unopposed. In October, Samushia similarly became acting rector with no rivals for the position.
On Monday night, the May Student Movement unsuccessfully tried to blockade the venue in which the council was meet…
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26 Dec 2022, 09:45 UTC687 viewsread 6 August 2026 Photo
⚡️MP remains on hunger strike calling for Saakashvili to be freed
Despite warnings from doctors that her condition was 'extremely serious', United National Movement MP Ana Tsitlidze said today that she will continue her protest until Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili pardons ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili. Tsitlidze is on her 12th day of hunger strike.
Other UNM members led by Giorgi Mumladze held protests o…
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22 Dec 2022, 11:17 UTC562 views0 reactionsread 6 August 2026 Photo
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has dismissed Minister of Culture Anar Karimov from his post.
Karimov, who served as minister for almost two years, previously proposed the removal of Armenian inscriptions on religious monuments in territories that came under Azerbaijan's control in the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War.
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21 Dec 2022, 15:56 UTC466 viewsread 6 August 2026 ⚡️A court in Daghestan has dismissed a case against a local fashion designer who was charged under Russia’s queer propaganda law, after she organised a fashion show in which a man and a 17-year-old boy wore makeup.
Elnara Askerova, 23, organised the show on 18 October in the Daghestani capital, Makhachkala.
The show included two male models wearing shiny clothes and make-up, leading to outrage among some conservati…
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21 Dec 2022, 08:52 UTC419 viewsread 6 August 2026 ⚡️Ukraine authorities reject Georgian Dream’s allegations of 'special operation'
Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Oleg Nikolenko, has criticised allegations by Georgia's ruling party that Ukraine's government was involved in Georgian ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili’s return to Georgia.
On Tuesday night, Nikolenko described the accusation as an attempt to avoid ‘responsibility for gross violations of human …
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19 Dec 2022, 11:08 UTC355 views5 reactionsread 6 August 2026 Photo
⚡️Azerbaijan's Penitentiary Service has confirmed that jailed activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev is on hunger strike. Hajiyev announced his hunger strike on 15 December, in protest against his arrest, which he maintains is politically motivated.
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16 Dec 2022, 16:21 UTC339 viewsread 6 August 2026 ⚡️Two anti-government protesters reportedly detained in Tbilisi
The Georgian Anti-Corruption Movement has claimed that the police detained two protesters at the rally held outside the Georgian Parliament today as supporters of ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili demanded the resignation of Justice Minister Rati Bregadze.
Georgian Justice Minister faced backlash after the Penitentiary Service under his purview publishe…
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14 Dec 2022, 11:33 UTC302 views2 reactionsread 6 August 2026 ⚡️Saakashvili announces hunger strike
Georgian ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili has announced a hunger strike after the government today prevented his participation in a court hearing on the subject of his transfer abroad for treatment, by failing to provide him with teleconferencing arrangements from hospital.
'Today I was deprived of the basic right to attend [my] court process. This is a violation of Georgian an…
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