Georgia

Several people were detained who tried to break through the police barricades installed at the port.

According to the State Register Service under the Ministry of Justice of Georgia, Russians living in the country registered 5332 new business entities for the period January-April 2023. This was reported by the National Statistics Service (NSS) under the Government of the Republic.

The Parliament of Georgia refused to adopt two bills on foreign agents, the introduction of which caused violent protests by residents of the country.

The Georgian Dream bloc has withdrawn a bill on foreign agents from the Georgian parliament, the introduction of which provoked mass protests throughout the country.

There are hundreds of cars with Russian and Georgian license plates in the queue.

More than a thousand opponents of the bill on foreign agents, adopted by the Parliament of Georgia in the first reading the night before, came to the central Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi. The action resumed after the riot police dispersed it at night. Traffic on Rustaveli Avenue is blocked.

The EU countries have made a joint request to the Georgian authorities to show humanity towards Saakashvili and "resolve the issue of his adequate treatment".

The flow of Georgian citizens seeking asylum in the European Union (EU) doubled in 2022 and reached 28,797 people.

The police are working on the spot.

Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has bequeathed to bury his heart in Ukraine if he does not live to see the resolution of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.

On January 3, pickets in support of former Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili took place in Georgia and more than two dozen countries around the world. Activists demanded to release him from custody due to the deterioration of the politician's health.

Police officers began checking against journalist Leonid Parfenov, who did not notify the relevant authorities about his obtaining Israeli citizenship.