Media logo

Kobakhidze: Georgian government will honour MIA officials, including those sanctioned

Georgia’s new foreign agent law means OC Media’s team could face prison for speaking truth to power.

Join the fight for free media in the Caucasus for as little as €5 and enjoy exclusive benefits from our team as a thank you.

Become a member

According to Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, Georgia’s government will nominate 11 senior Interior Ministry officials — including sanctioned Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri and sanctioned riot police director Zviad Kharazishvili — for the Order of Honour.

The other Interior Ministry officials Kobakhidze named during his press briefing today are Gomelauri’s deputies Shalva Bedoidze, Aleksandre Darakhvelidze, Giorgi Butkhuzi, and Ioseb Chelidze; Director of the Central Criminal Police Department Interior Ministry, Temur Kupatadze; Director of the Patrol Police Department, Vazha Siradze; Director of the Tbilisi Police Department, Sulkhan Tamazashvili; and Kharazishvili’s deputies Milleri Lagazauri and Mirza Kerzevadze.

The officials are scheduled to receive their awards following the inauguration of the President-elect Mikheil Kavelashvil on 29 December.

Related Articles

List is empty

Most Popular

Editor‘s Picks