"Saturday Airwave": Giorgi Kachkachashvili, sentenced to 10 years, pardoned within 3 months

Against the backdrop of criminal showdowns and court proceedings in Tbilisi, according to the Saturday Airwave programme of the TV Pirveli broadcaster, Giorgi Kachkachashvili, sentenced to 10 years in prison, was pardoned by Mikheil Kaveladze within three months of the court verdict. According to the report, Kachkachashvili had been sentenced in a weapons case separated from the Jangveladze case. The programme's authors link this to the redistribution of influence on the street and the so-called "Tsmenda" process.