Georgian Defense Ministry is in fever

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The Ministry of Defence of Georgia has made new personnel changes. In particular, the head of the Military Police and the head of the personnel department have lost their jobs. The former head of the Military Police had already received a new position: he became an adviser to the chief of the General Staff of the Georgian Armed Forces, Major-General Vakhtang Kapanadze.


Georgian Defense Ministry is in fever The Ministry of Defence of Georgia has made new personnel changes. In particular, the head of the Military Police and the head of the personnel department have lost their jobs. The former head of the Military Police had already received a new position: he became an adviser to the chief of the General Staff of the Georgian Armed Forces, Major-General Vakhtang Kapanadze.According to Georgia Online, the post of Deputy Defense Minister is going to Giorgi Beroshvili.All these changes are taking place against the backdrop of demands for the resignation of the head of the department, Mindy Dzhanelidze. Society associates him with a statement on the death of a volunteer in Donbas, Georgian citizen Alexander Grigolashvili, that was recently published on the website of the Ministry. Responsibility for the death was assigned to the former ruling party "United National Movement". The statement was removed quickly, but the scandal it caused has still not subsided. Dzhanelidze refuses to make any commentnts to the press and avoids journalists: he left the meeting of the government today unnoticed, presumably through an emergency exit.

According to Georgia Online, the post of Deputy Defense Minister is going to Giorgi Beroshvili.


All these changes are taking place against the backdrop of demands for the resignation of the head of the department, Mindy Dzhanelidze. Society associates him with a statement on the death of a volunteer in Donbas, Georgian citizen Alexander Grigolashvili, that was recently published on the website of the Ministry. Responsibility for the death was assigned to the former ruling party "United National Movement". The statement was removed quickly, but the scandal it caused has still not subsided. Dzhanelidze refuses to make any commentnts to the press and avoids journalists: he left the meeting of the government today unnoticed, presumably through an emergency exit.