Georgia
Georgia’s Security Service criticises US Embassy for alerting about bomb threats in Tbilisi
The alert concerned three shopping centres in Tbilisi.
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Georgia’s State Security Service again claims West plotted coup
Georgian Dream has repeatedly accused domestic and outside forces of plotting a coup.
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Head of Georgia’s State Security Service demoted to Minister of Regional Development
Critics have accused the government of using Liluashvili’s new position in order to ‘secure the regions for elections’.
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Deep fakes ‘target’ Georgian opposition on TikTok ahead of elections
A Georgian elections watchdog has published a report outlining the increased use of AI technology in the pre-election period, including the creation of deep fakes based on opposition politicians. On Tuesday, the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) reported that anonymous actors had used AI technologies to forge the voices of Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili and For Georgia chair Giorgi Gakharia in videos shared on social media. According to ISFED, one such a
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Georgian security services summon Ukraine volunteer fighters over ‘coup attempt’
The State Security Service of Georgia (SSG) has summoned at least six people, most of whom fought against Russia in Ukraine, for questioning over an alleged plot to overthrow the government. According to RFE/RL, the investigation is being conducted under articles of the criminal code related to terrorism and conspiracy of rebellion to seize power. Five of those summoned fought against Russia in Ukraine, while another is reported to be a veteran of an unnamed war. Tornike Chikovani, a la
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Ivanishvili ‘sends personal envoy’ to Washington amidst growing reports of sanctions against Georgian officials
The founder and honorary chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, Bidzina Ivanishvili, has reportedly sent an ‘envoy’ to Washington amidst increasing reports of Georgian officials being hit with sanctions. On Sunday, former Georgian Dream prime minister and current head of the opposition For Georgia party, Giorgi Gakharia, claimed that Ivanishvili had sent a high-level official as a ‘personal envoy’ to Washington. ‘Bidzina Ivanishvili has sent one of the representatives of the Georgian g
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Georgian security chief says there is ‘insufficient evidence’ of plot on PM’s life
The head of Georgia’s State Security Service (SSG) has said there is insufficient evidence to launch an investigation into the Prime Minister’s claim that he was threatened by an EU Commissioner. Irakli Kobakhidze accused an unidentified EU Commissioner of threatening his life over the foreign agent law in late May. He said the unnamed EU official had threatened that he would share the fate of Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico, who had just survived an assassination attempt, while sugges
