Former Georgian Prosecutor General Partskhaladze pleaded not guilty to murder.

Otar Partskhaladze, arrested in absentia, is accused of organizing the murder of Levan Jangveladze, the brother of a crime boss.

As "Caucasian Knot" reported, in October the prosecutor's office announced searches of the homes of Partskhaladze and those associated with him.

Tbilissky On December 30, the city court ordered pretrial detention for former Prosecutor General Otar Partskhaladze, accused of orchestrating the murder of businessman Levan Jangveladze. According to Prosecutor Levan Vepkhvadze, Partskhaladze left Georgia in June 2025. Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili clarified that the former Prosecutor General lost his Georgian citizenship and received Russian citizenship, which "complicates the extradition process," Interpressnews reported.

Otar Partskhaladze, accused of orchestrating the premeditated murder of businessman Levan Jangveladze, has pleaded not guilty. This was reported by his lawyer, Gagi Mosiashvili, who stated that the case file contains no evidence against Partskhaladze.

"The criminal case boils down to accusing (Gela) Udzilauri and has nothing to do with Otar Partskhaladze's guilt. Therefore, our position is this: we have no connection to the charges brought against us, and we do not admit guilt." "We will demand that he be released without pretrial detention, as there are no formal or legal grounds for this," Sova quoted Mosiashvili as saying on December 30.

Earlier, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs charged Partskhaladze with the murder of Levan Jangveladze, the brother of crime boss Merab Jangveladze, in central Tbilisi in March. According to investigators, Jangveladze's murder was organized by a criminal group led by Partskhaladze. A criminal case has been opened against the former Prosecutor General for organizing premeditated murder under aggravating circumstances, which is punishable by 16 to 20 years in prison or life imprisonment.

It is also noted that this is the first time that officials in Georgia have used the double surname "Romanov-Partskhaladze," which the former high-ranking official adopted after moving to Russia, according to the Novosti-Gruzia news agency.

Investigators also name businessmen Giorgi Dzhokhadze and brothers Giorgi and David Mikadze as the organizers of the murder. Giorgi Mikadze has been detained, and two others are wanted. The court found former special forces soldier Gela Udzilauri to be the perpetrator; he was detained shortly after the murder and sentenced to life imprisonment in October.

Partskhaladze served as Prosecutor General from November 7, 2013, to December 30, 2013. He resigned after the opposition discovered he had previously been convicted of theft in Germany. After leaving office, Partskhaladze went into private business. In October 2023, then-Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili signed a decree revoking Otar Partskhaladze's Georgian citizenship.