Special operation held in Georgia, high-ranking officials detained

Jamila Babayeva
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A special operation was carried in the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Ajara (Georgia), Batumi.

Report's Georgian bureau informs that several senior officials of the city mayor’s office were detained during the operation.

Among the detainees are also Minister of Education of the Adjara Autonomous Republic Bagrat Manvelidze and Vice Mayor Tengiz Petridze.

Former mayor of Batumi Georgy Yermakov is also detained.

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