This whole saga is fascinating for anyone who wants to understand this part of the world and how power actually works here. Unfortunately, I’ve been pitching this story to editors for months without a single response. 5/

Fearing Levan Jangveladze’s brother Merab, a powerful criminal authority who has been linked to the killings of some of the post-Soviet underworld’s most influential figures, including Ded Khasan and Yaponchik, Ivanishvili had to make a choice. 4/

The relationship between Partskhaladze and Ivanishvili only deteriorated after March 2025, when a hitman allegedly hired by Partskhaladze killed businessman Levan Jangveladze, one of the most influential figures in the post-Soviet criminal underworld, in central Tbilisi. 3/

Partskhaladze, sanctioned by both the U.S. and UK, has long wielded influence over Georgia’s Prosecutor’s Office and reportedly controlled part of the country’s powerful judicial clan even after he was forced to resign and moved to Russia. 2/

Beyond shocking: Georgia’s former Prosecutor General and one of the most influential figures in Bidzina Ivanishvili’s inner circle, Otar Partskhaladze, has formed a military unit and gone to the front to fight alongside Russian forces against Ukraine. 1/

Breaking: Irakli Shaishmelashvili, head of the Operational Planning Division of the Special Task Force of MIA, submitted his resignation to the minister. The system is cracking.