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Georgian security service employee found dead near workplace with gunshot wound
The Prosecutor General’s Office has launched an investigation.

The Prosecutor General’s Office has launched an investigation.

The investigation likely concerns information about a contract with Russia’s energy giant that was published on the government’s website.

A vocal critic of local authorities, Mearakishvili was detained on ‘espinoge’ charges in December.

Bacho Akhalaia is accused of being the ‘chief organiser’ of the 4 October events.

Earlier, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze spoke about high prices and pointed to the responsibility of distributors and retail chains.

Mearakishvili has spent recent years in exhausting legal battles with local authorities.

Liluashvili’s detention was preceded by a series of criminal prosecutions, including former Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili.