Georgia
Georgian official ‘thanks God’ for Russian troops during 2008 war in NYT interview
Davit Razmadze is the chair of the city council in Gori, which was bombed by Russia in 2008.
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Reviews
Review | 5 Days of War — an offensively bad depiction of the August 2008 War
Renny Harlin’s film combines the worst elements of Hollywood action-movie cliches along with a substanceless explanation of the events themselves.
Georgia
Kobakhidze says ‘Saakashvili regime’ started August 2008 War on ‘orders’ from abroad
Kobakhidze said the blame for the war should not be put on Georgia as a whole, but rather the ‘regime’ of former President Mikheil Saakashvili.
Reviews
Review | Smiling Georgia — a tragicomic documentary on the wounds left behind by electoral theatre
Luka Beradze’s first full-length film offers a deeply human and surprisingly funny portrait of broken promises and political manipulation in Georgia.
Georgia
Kobakhidze claims August 2008 war was ‘started by Saakashvili’s regime’
Kobakhidze was responding to a statement made by Tsulukiani, who called the death of soldier Antsukhelidze a ‘senseless victim of someone’s PR’.
Georgia
UNM criticises Zourabichvili for saying political unity is ‘unattainable’
Georgia’s fifth president had said that political unity between opposition groups was ‘externally imposed’ and ‘unattainable’.
Mikheil Saakashvili
Saakashvili sentenced for illegally crossing into Georgia, prison term extended until 2032
The former Georgian president was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for illegally crossing into the country in 2021.
