
Georgia says German ambassador implicated in corruption probe involving opposition politician
Peter Fischer has frequently been the target of harsh reactions from Georgian authorities due to his criticism of Georgian Dream policies.
Peter Fischer has frequently been the target of harsh reactions from Georgian authorities due to his criticism of Georgian Dream policies.
Former German MP Eduard Lintner was handed a nine-month suspended prison sentence by a Munich court.
The leaders of France, Germany, and Poland condemned ‘all activities of the Georgian authorities resulting in the democratic backsliding.’
The spat appears to have originated from a now deleted Instagram post from the German president containing the Nagorno-Karabakh flag.
It is the first time a German president has visited Armenia, in a trip that will also see him travel to Azerbaijan.
The identities of those sanctioned are unknown.
Georgia’s opposition groups have interpreted a German Embassy post commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall as a warning to the ruling Georgian Dream party. The German Embassy has denied the post’s relation to current events in Georgia. ‘Peaceful revolution is possible. The fall of the Berlin Wall is an example of this’, the Embassy wrote in a post on Facebook on 9 November. ‘For decades, the German Democratic Republic (GDR) had its citizens locked in a system of oppression and violence. The