Georgia
Georgian businessperson starts ‘full hunger strike’ after being remanded to pre-trial detention
Giorgi Chikvaidze had recently been actively criticising the ruling Georgian Dream party, including threatening to expose them.
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Georgia
Tbilisi court remands businessperson and ex-Georgian Dream supporter to pre-trial detention
Chikvaidze threatened to publish materials against the ruling Georgian Dream party.
Georgia
Tbilisi Court sentences Saakashvili to 9 years in prison
Two other cases against Saakashvili are still under trial.
Georgia
Tbilisi court sentences former Ivanishvili confidant to 11 years in absentia
Giorgi Bachiashvili’s current location is unknown.
Georgia–US Relations
US Senators reintroduce act to sanction Georgian officials
The bipartisan MEGOBARI Act was first introduced in May 2024 after Georgian Dream reintroduced its controversial foreign agent law.
Geneva Talks
Russia demands that Georgian Dream deliver on its promise to apologise to South Ossetia
Georgian Dream founder Bidzina Ivanishvili had vowed to ‘apologise’ to South Ossetia over the former ruling UNM party’s actions in the August 2008 War.
Georgia
Former Ivanishvili confidant flees Georgia and vows to ‘expose’ him
Giorgi Bachiashvili is embroiled in two financial disputes with his former ally, Bidzina Ivanishvili.
