Volodymyr Zelenskyi

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Mikheil Saakashvili attending Tbilisi City Court remotely on 3 July. Image via Netgazeti.

Georgia

Zelensky orders Georgian ambassador to return to Tbilisi to consult over Saakashvili

by Tata Shoshiashvili

•2 min read

Ukraine has summoned the Georgian Ambassador to the country and ordered him to return to Georgia to consult with his government over Ukraine’s demand to hand over Mikheil Saakashvili. On Monday, President Volodymyr Zelensky again called on the Georgian authorities to hand over the imprisoned third president of Georgia, who holds Ukrainian citizenship. Zelensky said that Georgian Ambassador Giorgi Zakarashvili would be asked to return to Georgia within 48 hours. In a tweet on Monday, Zelen

Azerbaijan

Ukraine deports critical Azerbaijani blogger shortly before Zelensky visits Baku

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•4 min read

An Azerbaijani anti-government blogger has been deported from Ukraine to Azerbaijan just days before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was due in Baku on an official visit. Azerbaijan’s State Migration Service announced on Saturday that Elvin Isayev had been deported two days earlier, on 12 December. His arrest came shortly before a planned two-day visit to Azerbaijan by Zelensky on 16-17 December. In their statement, the Azerbaijani Migration Service said Isayev was deported for