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Twelve GeorgiaProtest participants in Batumi, including students, have been summoned to court. Lara Kartsivadze said she was summoned for an administrative offense, while another individual reports being summoned under the ‘organizing’ charge

Azerbaijan tighten the rules of visa-free regime for Russian citizens in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani President: The crash of plane was caused by ground fire

Azerbaidžanin presidentti Alijev AZAL-koneen Aktaun lähellä tapahtuneen turman syistä: lopullinen versio tietysti selviää mustien laatikoiden avaamisen jälkeen. "Alkuperäiset versiot ovat kuitenkin myös varsin järkeviä ja faktoihin perustuvia. Tosiasia on, että azerbaidžanilainen siviilikone vaurioitui ulkopuolelta Venäjän alueella, lähellä Groznyin kaupunkia ja melkein menetti hallinnan. Tiedämme myös, että koneemme on tehty radioelektronisilla sodankäynnin keinoilla hallitsematon Tämä oli ensimmäinen lentokonevaurio." "Olemme avoimesti ilmaisseet vaatimuksemme Venäjän puolelle. Nämä vaatimukset välitettiin heille virallisesti 27. joulukuuta." "Ensimmäisenä Venäjän puolen on pyydettävä anteeksi Azerbaidžanilta. Toiseksi sen on myönnettävä syyllisyytensä. Kolmanneksi sen on rangaistava syyllisiä, saatettava heidät rikosoikeudelliseen vastuuseen ja maksettava Azerbaidžanille korvauksia valtio ja loukkaantuneet matkustajat ja miehistön jäsenet. Nämä ovat ehtomme täyttyivät jo eilen.

On Rustaveli Avenue, near Kashveti church, the police used force to arrest protesters "for blocking the road." It is believed that 5 people have been detained. Citizens had gathered to protest against Mikheil Kavelashvili

Thousands of Georgians protest outside parliament against inauguration of new president

Mikheil Kavelashvili, a hardline critic of the West, was sworn in as president of Georgia amid a political crisis after the government froze European Union application talks in a move that sparked major protests

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has stated that at the ongoing protests against the government’s EU U-turn ‘1,000 people gather every day — this means that it is an asset for [opposition] parties and NGOs’

Protesters wave flags of GD leaders and their sole-elected president Kavelashvili alongside Iranian, Hezbollah and Taliban flags, mockingly saying, "Congratulations, slave."

After Salome Zourabichvili’s speech at Orbeliani Palace, protesters marched to Parliament, where disputed President Mikheil Kavelashvili was inaugurated, some carrying red cards referencing his football career

Mikheil Kavelashvili was sworn in as Georgia's sixth president at a ceremony attended by Bidzina Ivanishvili but no foreign diplomats. Media access was restricted to a monitor outside the main hall

The President @Zourabichvili_S has decided to leave the residence. "I will be with you. This building was a symbol only as long as a legitimate president was sitting here. I take legitimacy with me. I am taking the flag with me. I am taking the people's trust with me

President @Zourabichvili_S will stay at her presidential residence tomorrow as an oligarch plans to install his puppet president. “I am here, and I will spend the night here. Tomorrow, at 10 a.m., I will wait for you at the Orbeliani Palace, and from there, I will tell you what tomorrow will be like. I will tell you what the following days will be like and what the days of victory will look like,” Salome Zurabishvili said in her TV address to the nation

In Kutaisi, the "Chain of Unity" activity turns into a large protest march currently heading towards the Georgian Dream's local party office

Day 31 of #GeorgiaProtests Marching towards Rustaveli Avenue

Putin pyysi puhelinkeskustelussa Alijeviltä anteeksi, että koneen kanssa tapahtui tapaus Venäjän ilmatilassa. Putin soitti Azerbaidžanin päällikölle, he ovat keskustelleet AZAL-matkustajakoneen putoamisesta, Kreml kertoi.

"Chain of Unity" looks lively and cheerful in coastal Batumi - despite rainy weather

Chain of Unity for Georgia: Tbilisi December 28 - a month of daily GeorgiaProtests

Georgia’s oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili has been sanctioned under OFAC’s SDN List pursuant to Executive Order 14024, targeting Russian Harmful Foreign Activities. The sanctions include the blocking of all property and interests in property within the United States or under U.S. jurisdiction, including assets that may come under U.S. control in the future. Additionally, his ability to transfer funds or other assets instantaneously has been blocked.

United States is designating Bidzina Grigoris Dze Ivanishvili, founder and honorary chairman of Georgia’s ruling party, Georgian Dream, for undermining the democratic and Euro-Atlantic future of Georgia for the benefit of the Russian Federation. Blinken announces

The UAEs low-cost airline @flydubai citing “threats to flight security” cancels flights to southern Russia after a plane crash in Kazakhstan, according to Russia’s tour operators association

Azerbaijan Airlines keskeyttää lennot seitsemään Venäjän kaupunkiin Kazakstanin turman jälkeen

Kreml sanoo, että se ei anna lausuntoja Azerbaidžanin Embraer-onnettomuudesta Aktaussa ennen kuin tutkinta on saatu päätökseen, kun Bakusta on kehotettu vain myöntämään ammuskelu ja anteeksipyyntö

A students’ march has just arrived to Tbilisi’s Rustaveli Avenue, which is again blocked as protesters gather in front of the Georgian Parliament

Tutkinnan alustavien tulosten mukaan todettiin, että Baku-Grozny-reitillä lentäneen AZAL-koneen kimppuun hyökkäsi venäläinen Pantsir-S-ilmapuolustusjärjestelmä sen lähestyessä Groznyn kaupunkia. Lähde Azerbaidžanin hallituksessa kertoi Euronewsille, että ohjus ammuttiin lennolla 8432 Groznyn yläpuolella ja sirpaleet räjähtivät lentokoneen lähellä lennon aikana osuen matkustajiin ja matkustamomiehistöön.

38 people died in the Embraer 190 crash in Aktau, - Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Kanat Bozumbayev. According to the country's Ministry of Emergency Situations, 29 wounded were hospitalized, including three children. 11 victims are in serious condition

Azerbaijan Airlines on perunut kaikki lennot Tšetšeniaan ja Dagestaniin koneen syöksyttyä.

Over 10 protests have been scheduled to take place today in Tbilisi

Kyrgyz President Japarov Arrives at Informal CIS Summit