
Georgia
Georgian opposition party demands probe after its member alleges Security Service blackmail
Lasha Tsanava said the Security Service asked him to spy on one of the party’s leaders.
Lasha Tsanava said the Security Service asked him to spy on one of the party’s leaders.
The opposition party said Lasha Tsanava’s detention was the result of a ‘provocation’.
The source of the accusations is a contract signed between the United National Movement (UNM) and a US lobbying firm.
Kavelashvili made the offer amid a boycott of the 2025 local election by numerous opposition parties.
He is the seventh politician to be sentenced for boycotting Georgian Dream’s anti-UNM commission.
Kote Ioseliani accused Bidzina Ivanishvili’s son, Uta Ivanishvili, of being in an affair with former Prime Minsiter Mamuka Bakhtadze.
Zurab Japaridze is the second person arrested over the anti-UNM commision boycott.