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Prosecutor’s Office hints Saakashvili ordered UK murder of tycoon Patarkatsishvili

Four former security service officials have been charged as the government scrambles to contain the fallout of the Subeliani and Omega tapes scandals.

Former mayor of Makhachkala sentenced to 4 years in prison

Musa Musayev pled guilty on corruption charges after cooperating with investigators in the case.

Prosecutor’s Office ‘stages’ new Subeliani tapes contradicting claims of abuse

Critics have pointed to inconsistencies in the new tapes and there has been widespread speculation they were staged.

Detained former Georgian official threatens to bring down government with ‘kompromat’

In secret recordings from prison, Mirza Subeliani, on trial over the Khorava Street murder investigation, spoke of torturing witnesses.

Daghestanis protest constructions on Caspian coast

Around 100 people took to the streets in the coastal city of Kaspiysk demanding that the mayor not approve amendments to the city’s master plan.

Georgian court orders authorities to provide water connection for Kobuleti Muslim school

The local mayor’s office had argued they could not do so because of ‘objections from neighbours’ leading to the school remaining closed.

Case against Daghestani official ‘fabricated to free up his position'

Lawyers for an official accused of embezzling ₽60 million say the case against him was fabricated to free up his position for someone else.

Rustavi 2 crew attacked by railway company employees in Georgia

The news crew said employees confiscated their cameras, demanded they delete footage, and beat them.

Georgian rights activist’s murder was ‘a hate crime’

Two Georgian rights groups called on the Prosecutor’s Office to consider the fatal stabbing in Tbilisi a possibly hate-motivated crime.

State auditor to examine Zurabishvili donations after donor said he would not vote for her

Doctors at two clinics in Tbilisi said hospital administrators used their bank accounts to make donations to the Georgian Dream–backed candidate.