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The British newspaper Express reported on Jan. 9 that Germany has arrested Brig-Gen Giorgi Kalandadze while he was visiting his daughter in Berlin.

Gen. Kalandadze believes he has been placed on a “Russian hunting list.”

I led the defense against Russian aggression in Georgia in 2008, I have been training Ukrainian forces and jointly leading Ukraine’s National Guard since 2014,

he told journalists after being released on bail.

Kalandadze says that the authorities in Tbilisi issued a warrant for his arrest two days after he had publicly criticized the extent of Russian influence in Georgia in a television interview.

“The charges are completely unfounded. I am not even on Interpol’s Red list. This is a lower-level request by Georgia which is now heavily influenced by Russia, and which Germany, for some reason, has now decided to honor," the General claims.

“I have travelled extensively across Europe since being granted Ukrainian citizenship - including, on numerous occasions, to Germany, where my daughter lives - and have never been stopped before,' said Gen Kalandadze last night.

He is accused of torturing soldiers and terrorist suspects.

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