Russian authorities reported that a prisoner, Dmitry Pushkarev, who had been previously extradited from Georgia, was killed after he attacked escorts on a train, killing one and wounding three. Initially, on October 3, Russian media cited Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) as reporting…
Ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party candidates won all four majoritarian races in Municipal Council (Sakrebulo) by-elections held on October 3, according to the preliminary results of Georgia’s Central Election Commission (CEC). According to the official preliminary results, GD candidate Vazha…
Designated German Ambassador Barbara Voss spoke about “damage” in the legacy of German-Georgian friendship, efforts to preserve “what has been built” between the two countries, and areas of future cooperation in an address delivered during the German Unity Day reception in Tbilisi on October 2.…
Convicted inmate Giorgi Davitadze told the appeals court that he was sexually assaulted at the hands of prison guards in a de-escalation cell and later attempted suicide. Georgia’s Special Penitentiary Service “categorically” denies the allegations and published footage to support the claim, while…
Below is the weekly digest of key developments and discourses in and around the occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali/South Ossetia, as well as those concerning Tbilisi–Moscow relations. Sokhumi Abkhazia’s de facto Foreign Minister Oleg Bartsits Holds Talks with Sergey Lavrov Abkhazia’s de…
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) is another major German foundation, after the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS), to announce an exit from Georgia amid funding restrictions introduced by the ruling Georgian Dream party as part of its crackdown on media and civil society. FNF said…
Russian citizen Mikhail Timofeyev, a former aide and political associate of imprisoned former Governor of Khabarovsk Sergei Furgal, detained since January following a Russian extradition request, was released from extradition detention on a GEL 50,000 bail, his lawyer, Rusudan Mchedlishvili…
Georgia’s annual inflation rate remained at 5.6% in September, while consumer prices increased by 0.4% month-on-month, according to data released by the National Statistics Office (Geostat) on October 2. The annual inflation rate was driven mainly by higher prices in transport, which increased by…
Georgian Orthodox Church Patriarch Shio III received a delegation from the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople on October 1, a day after a similar visit from Moscow’s Patriarchate, the Patriarchate’s Public Relations Service reported, with the two sides discussing relations between their…
Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) announced that it has closed its Tbilisi office on September 30 after more than two decades of work with the country, citing Georgia’s grant restrictions and the Georgian government’s rejection of its applications for funding its project work. The closure is “a…