A preliminary hearing was held at the Tbilisi City Court regarding a new corruption case against former Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili. The court is currently reviewing the admissibility of evidence and must decide whether the case should proceed to a trial on the merits. The accused did not appear at the hearing.
The Makhachkala Garrison Court and the Southern District Court sentenced residents of Dagestan Bayramali Turlalov and Osman Tokayev to five and five and a half years in prison, respectively. They were found guilty of leaving a military unit without permission during mobilization.
According to investigators, mobilized Turlaev was absent from his military unit for more than a month. In his own defense, he tried to continue serving in the “North Military District” zone in Ukraine. However, the state prosecution and the court were adamant - five years in a general regime colony.
Another resident of Dagestan, Osman Tokayev, served under contract since September 2022, and then left his unit for a month. Previously, he also participated in SVO. In this case, the defense tried to challenge the verdict, citing the illness of the serviceman’s parents. Nevertheless, he was sentenced to five and a half years in prison.