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Opposition leader Ugulava not found guilty in the ‘athletes’ beating’ case
One of Georgian opposition leaders, former Tbilisi Mayor Gigi Ugilava, has not been found guilty in the case of beating athletes in Tbilisi International Airport back in December 2019. A judge in Tbilisi City Court said that there was not sufficien...

Saakashvili says he will attend own trial tomorrow
Imprisoned former president Mikheil Saakashvili says that he will attend his trial tomorrow and says what he wants to say. His comment on Facebook came after the judgment of Tbilisi City Court on Khazaradze-Japaridze case. Saakashvili claims that...

Court finds Lelo leaders guilty, but not sends them to prison
Tbilisi City Court has found TBC Bank founders, Lelo opposition party leaders Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze guilty of a fraud, instead of laundering of 16.7 million USD back in 2008, as well as businessman Avtandil Tsereteli, and sentenced th...

Court judgment on $16.7 mln money laundering case involving Lelo party leaders to be announced tomorrow
Tbilisi City Court will announce its verdict on the $16.7 million money laundering case involving co-founders of Georgian TBC Bank and current leaders of Lelo opposition party Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze tomorrow. Today’s trial was noisy,...

Ex-UNM official charged for supporting Saakashvili illegally cross border
Former Deputy Interior Minister under the United National Movement leadership Giorgi Lortkipanidze has been charged for supporting formermer president Mikheil Saakashvili illegally crossing from Ukraine to Georgia at the end of September 2021. The ...

Prosecutor: ex-Georgian law enforcement official helped Saakashvili to illegally cross into Georgia from Ukraine
Prosecutor Levan Vepkhvadze says that a former Georgian law enforcement official supported ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili to illegally cross from Ukraine into Georgia at the end of September 2021. Vepkhvadze has not identified the former official...

Rustavi 2 TV founders fail to regain 60% of channel shares
Tbilisi City Court has not fulfilled the demand of two founders of Rustavi 2 TV channel, David Dvali and Jarji Akimidze, to get 60 percent of the channel shares back. Dvali and Akimidze founded Rustavi 2 TV in 1994 and say that the United National M...

Opposition politician Ugulava released on 3,000 GEL fine
Opposition politician,former mayor of Tbilisi Gigi Ugulava has been released on 3,000 GEL fine by Tbilisi City Court earlier today for abusing police and disobedience to law enforcement officers. Ugulava, who had to spend several years in prison u...

Georgian Olympic champion Zviadauri released on 50,000 GEL bail
Georgian Olympic champion Zurab Zviadauri, who is charged with premeditated murder, was released on 50,000 GEL bail earlier today by Telavi court in eastern Georgia. Jaba Jangirashvili, another suspect arrested on charges of negligent possession of...

Extradited ex-official Kardava leaves court in protest
Former head of Georgia’s military police under the United National Movement (UNM) government, Megis Kardava, who was extradited from Ukraine to Georgia in September 2021, has left Tbilisi City Court earlier today in protest, saying that he is a ‘poli...

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