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‘Kidnapped’ opposition activist sentenced to 30 days in Azerbaijan

A member of opposition Azerbaijani Popular Front Party that was reportedly abducted on Tuesday reappeared in police custody.

Incumbent president Raul Khadzhimba ‘wins Abkhazia poll’

Khadzhimba narrowly defeated opposition challenger Alkhas Kvitsiniya 47%–46%, preliminary results suggest.

Protests in several European cities over Khangoshvili killing

The 40-year-old former Chechen independence fighter and Georgian citizen was shot dead in Berlin two weeks ago.

Gazprom sues Daghestani families in attempt to demolish houses near gas pipeline

Hundreds of families face homelessness if the company is successful.

New Interior Minister candidate says he would have used more force in Pankisi

Both former security service chief Vakhtang Gomelauri and Defence Minister candidate Irakli Gharibashvili made controversial statements to parliament.

Georgian president in hot water for pardoning cop killer

Salome Zurabishvili has so far refused to justify her decision over granting controversial clemency.

Opposition and activists rally against Gakharia as Georgia’s next PM

The controversial Georgian Interior Minister is slated to replace Mamuka Bakhtadze as prime minister.

Georgian vigilante group ‘downs South Ossetian drone’

Georgian vigilante group Power in Unity claimed responsibility for taking down the unarmed drone.

Georgian Prime Minister resigns

‘I have completed my mission’, Bakhtadze wrote on Facebook

ECHR orders Russia to pay €1.9 million over Chechnya and Ingushetia disappearances 

The ruling concerned 21 people who were allegedly abducted by the security forces in the early 2000s.