AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoOpposition Crackdown: Tbilisi City Court ordered custody for UNM leader Giorgi Baramidze, a former defense and interior minister, as prosecutors pursue treason and sabotage charges tied to his “Birth of Georgia” remarks about the 1992–93 Abkhazia war; the court set detention as a pre-trial restraint, with the case carrying up to four years. Baramidze’s Defense: Baramidze says he was speaking about victims’ families, not the Georgian armed forces, and his supporters call the move political revenge. Immigration Enforcement: Georgia’s Interior Ministry says it detained 59 foreign nationals in special migration control operations, including citizens of Kenya, Türkiye, Russia, India, Egypt, Ghana, Ethiopia, Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Sudan, Cameroon, China and Azerbaijan, with deportation procedures underway. Tbilisi Protest Over Land Use: Protesters in Tbilisi demanded stopping the Krtsanisi forest park “Arab town” construction plan linked to a $6.6 billion investment deal. Regional Security Spillover: Bulgaria is investigating a second fire and explosions at an EMCO weapons depot near Tsareva Livada, weeks after a prior EMCO blast, with officials not ruling out outside interference.
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