Emzar Kvitsiani: Difference between revisions

'''Emzar Kvitsiani''' ({{lang-ka|ემზარ კვიციანი}}, {{Audio|En-us-Emzar Kvitsiani from Georgia pronunciation (Voice of America).ogg|[ɛmzɑr kʼvitsʰiɑni]}}; born April 25, 1961) is a former [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] military commander and warlord active in [[Abkhazia]]'s [[Kodori valley]], which he ran ''de facto'' through his militia from 1992 until being ousted by the Georgian government forces in 2006. He fled to [[Russia]], but, in 2014, he was arrested on his return to Georgia, initially sentenced to 16 years in jail, and then released under a plea bargain in early 2015.<ref name="RFE on release">{{cite news|last1=Fuller|first1=Liz|title=Georgian Court Releases Jailed Warlord|url=http://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-kvitsiani-russia/26818432.html|accessdate=23 October 2016|agency=Radio Free Europe|date=28 January 2015}}</ref> He is now one of the leaders of the [[Alliance of Patriots of Georgia]].<ref name="AofP Website">{{cite web|last1=Alliance of Patriots of Georgia|title=Leadership: Emzar Kvitsiani|url=http://patriots.ge/leadership-emzar-kvitsiani/|accessdate=23 October 2016|archive-date=21 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021182850/http://patriots.ge/leadership-emzar-kvitsiani/|url-status=dead}}</ref>