Georgia
Tornike Rizhvadze resigns as head of the Autonomous Government of Adjara
He informed the public about his decision to resign in a Facebook post.
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Adjara
Adjara head ‘lied on CV’, Ukrainian university says
Kyiv University has denounced the head of the Government of the Autonomous Government of Adjara in Georgia, claiming that he dropped out of his doctoral programme despite his CV saying otherwise. The move followed Tornike Rizhvadze, who is also a member of the Political Council of the ruling Georgian Dream party, refusing to lay the blame on Russia for the country’s invasion of Ukraine. On Monday, Rizhvadze was asked by TV Pirveli who he thought had started the war in Ukraine, to which the h
2021 Georgian Local Elections
Opposition claim fatal pressure on Batumi councillor
The opposition appears to have lost their majority on the Batumi City Council after the death of a councillor, allegedly following pressure from the government. Nugzar Putkaradze died last Thursday in what his sister, who also sits on the city council, has said was a diabetic attack. The opposition United National Movement (UNM) have claimed that his blood sugar levels skyrocketed leading to his death after repeated attempts by people connected to the ruling party to make him defect. Putkara
