Saakashvili attends presentation of reconstructed Old Tbilisi

Several renewed objects opened in the framework of the New Life of Old Tbilisi Project in Kalaubani district of Georgia`s capital Tbilisi on Sunday. The Georgian president attended the opening ceremony. Mikheil Saakashvili, along with Tbilisi Mayor Gigi Ugulava, also opened a renewed underground passage. The New Life of Old Tbilisi Project intends reconstruction of the old districts of the Georgian capital.

Czech MPs Visit Georgia

Members of the Parliament of the Czech Republic have arrived in Georgia today. They will meet deputy chairman of the Parliament of Georgia Mikhail Machavariani, chairman of the foreign affairs committee Akaki Minashvili, representatives of the parliamentary opposition, chairman of the human rights and civic integration committee Giorgi Arsenishvili and Parliament speaker Davit Bakradze. The MPs will also meet deputy minister of foreign affairs Davit Jalaghania, minister of corrections and legal assistance Dimitri Shashkini and state minister for reintegration issues Temur Iakobashvili today. The meetings in the Parliament will continue on 25 November too. The guests will be received by the chairman of the interim commission for restorqtion of territorial integrity, Shota Malashkhia, and the chairman of the committee for European integration, Davit Darchiashvili.
Before leaving Georgia, the guests will visit the Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, the Jvari Monastery, and the ‘Monastery of Mothers’ in the town of Mtskheta, while the Museum of Arts and ‘Karvasla’ in Tbilisi. The Czech MPs, members of the committee backing democratic development worldwide, will leave Georgia on 27 November.

Tskhinvali Prosecutor’s Office Ends Investigation into Case of Detained Georgian Juveniles

The Tskhinvali Prosecutor’s Office has ended investigation into the case of detained Georgian juveniles, – the deputy representative of the de-facto President in post-conflict regulation issues, Merab Chigoev, told InterpressNews. ‘I am informed that the investigation has been over and the case will be transmitted to the court. A trial might be held in the nearest days. This is all that I know’, Chigoev stated. The so-called MIA staff of the Tskhinvali mode detained pupils of Tirdznisi secondary school: Giorgi Romelashvili (Born in 1995), Aleko Sabadze (born in 1995), Viktor Buchukuri (born in 1993) and Levan Khmiadashvili (born in 1992) on charges of illegal crossing of the administrative border on 4 November.

Detained Russian Citizens to be Handed over to Russian Side in Village Ergneti

The Russian citizens, detained by Georgian law-enforcers in the village of Nikozi, Gori district, will be handed over to the Russian side by the European Union Monitoring Mission in the village of Ergneti at 12:00. The corresponding statement was made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia. According to the Ministry, the Russian citizens – Alexander Borkov (born in 1988), Alexander Popov (born in 1990) and Maxim Berezin (born in 1988) – were detained for illegal crossing of the administrative border and violation of the visa regime at 16:30 yesterday.

Three Policemen Detained in Moscow on Suspicion of Committing Murder

Policemen, suspected of murder of a resident of Abkhazia, have been detained in Moscow, Interfax informs.
All three police officers, suspected of having beaten to death Abkhaz Eduard Gurtskaya, 19, in Moscow on Monday evening, have been detained. The city’s police patrol crews were alerted and instructed to detain the suspects immediately after the incident was reported, a source in Moscow law enforcement services told Interfax on Tuesday. ‘The suspects were wearing police jackets. All three were detained in southeastern Moscow,’ the source said. The detainees – Anvar Ibragimov, Alexei Chernikov and Viktor Kuznetsov – serve in the Moscow police department’s Second Operational Regiment, according to the source. They were drunk when they were being detained. They have confessed to having committed the murder and are being questioned. Moscow Police spokesman Viktor Biryukov has confirmed to Interfax that police officers of the Second Operational Regiment have been detained on suspicion of committing a murder.