Bidzina Ivanishvili

Bidzina Ivanishvili

• Jailed former Georgian PM goes on hunger strike

  The jailed former prime minister of Georgia has gone on a hunger strike, according to his lawyer, who says Vano Merabishvili is demanding a television ... 

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  Georgian ex-PM detained on abuse of office charge

  Allies of Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili — a former prime minister and a provincial governor — were charged on Tuesday with embezzlement and ... 

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  Rally in Georgia backs embattled president

  About 10,000 supporters of Georgia's embattled pro-Western president gathered in the capital Friday for a rally testing their strength before ... 

• Georgian president agrees to curb his powers

  The speaker of Georgia's parliament says President Mikhail Saakashvili has signed a constitutional amendment that removes from the president the power ... 

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  Russia marks 60th anniversary of Stalin's death

  Devotees of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, whose brutal purges killed millions of innocent citizens and made his name a byword for totalitarian terror, ... 

• Georgian president's top ally faces charges

  Georgian investigators on Saturday filed criminal charges against a top ally of the president, whose supporters condemned the move as politically ... 

• Georgia seeking to reassure US on prosecutions

  Georgia's justice minister is seeking to reassure U.S. officials that recent arrests of former government officials are not politically motivated. 

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  Russia mulls resumption of Georgian wine imports

  A Russian official said Monday that Moscow may soon resume imports of Georgian wine, mineral water and fruit after a seven-year ban, the first ... 

• Protest held in Georgia to demand president's exit

  More than 1,000 people protested outside of the Georgian president's residence in Tbilisi on Sunday to demand that he immediately resign and hand over ... 

• Georgia: 1M people sign petition to oust president

  Activists in Georgia say they have collected over one million signatures on a petition calling for the immediate resignation of outgoing President ... 

• Georgia: 2 Saakashvili allies charged with fraud

  The lawyers of two protégés of the former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili say their clients have been charged with bribery, fraud and money ...