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Mikheil Kavelashvili. Photo: official Facebook page
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Georgian President Kavelashvili offers pardons to jailed opposition if they take part in elections

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Georgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili has said he was ready to pardon opposition leaders who were arrested in recent weeks, if they express a desire to participate in the October 2025 municipal elections. Kavelashvili made this statement against the backdrop of a declared boycott of the elections by numerous opposition parties. According to him, ‘It is important that all political parties registered in accordance with Georgian legislation and expressing a desire to participate in the electio

Left: Screengrab from the video of the attack on Vano Tarkhnishvili. Right: Tarkhnishvili after the attack.
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Singer beaten in Tbilisi ‘over anti-Georgian Dream song’

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Georgian actor and singer Vano Tarkhnishvili has been attacked and beaten in Tbilisi. Both he and pro-government social media accounts linked the attack to a song he performed months prior, in which he insulted the ruling Georgian Dream party. Tarkhnishvili posted a photo on Sunday evening showing significant swelling on his face. Later, he told TV Pirveli that he was walking near his home when an unknown person approached him, first introducing himself as a fan, and then attacking him. ‘He sa

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