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Day: October 16, 2023
Georgian citizen Archil Basanidze, illegally detained by Russian occupation forces near Tskhinvali was released on October 15, State Security Service of Georgia (SSSG) reported.
According to SSSG, hotline and all available mechanisms at the government’s disposal were actively used for Basanidze’s release.
It also note in the service’s press release that “the responsibility for all destructive acts committed in the occupied territories of Georgia and along the occupation line lies with the Russian federation.” The SSSG says that the central government, together with international partners, is “actively working to secure the release of all Georgian citizens illegally detained in the occupied regions.”
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On October 16, Sergo Shubitidze, the investigator who led the controversial investigation into the death of 23-year-old programmer Tamar Bachaliashvili, was released from prison. He had been arrested on June 25, 2023, under allegation of providing false testimony in Bachaliashvili’s legal case.
According to Interpressnews, the former investigator, Sergo Shubitidze, pleaded guilty to the charges. He was subsequently given a one-year conditional prison sentence, along with an additional one-year probationary period.
Shubitidze’s attorney explained that the charges against the former investigator were relatively minor, which led the court to release him on the above conditions.
The 23-year-old programmer was found dead in her own car on July 22, 2020, four days after her family reported her disappearance. The Prosecutor’s Office said at the time that Bachaliashvili had committed suicide and that it was therefore closing the investigation into the case. Bachaliashvili’s family accused the police of inaction and negligence and categorically ruled out the suicide version, discussing various scenarios of her murder.
The Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia launched an investigation in June 2023 into the fact of alleged falsification of evidence in the case of Bachaliashvili’s death. The Prosecutor’s Office said it was prompted to launch the investigation after investigator Shubitidze said in an interview with Formula TV that he did not trust the official version of the investigation about Bachaliashvili’s suicide and focused on several suspicious circumstances.
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The Government of the Republic of Armenia is organizing a special flight from Tel Aviv to Yerevan in order to facilitate the voluntary relocation of Armenian nationals and their family, based on security considerations, the Foreign Ministry informs.
The list of persons registered for the flight was compiled on the basis of applications submitted to the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia in Israel and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, according to the chronology of the appeal, the presence of children and the principle of not separating the family.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, including through the Embassy of Armenia to Israel, is monitoring the development of the situation and will take additional steps as necessary.
According to the Ministry, as of now there is no data on the presence of Armenian citizens and Armenians among the victims of the military hostilities.
