In recent developments in Georgia, President Salome Zourabichvili was confronted by men with batons and sticks while walking at Turtle Lake. Witnesses, including journalist Nino Sturua, reported the incident, suggesting the involvement of Georgian Dream (GD) supporters. Additionally, GD MP Eliso Bolkvadze faced confrontation at Paris airport over her support for the Russian law on foreign agents. There has been a surge in hate graffiti targeting Georgian civil society leaders, with inscriptions labeling them as 'foreign agents' and 'enemies of the people'. GD MP Dimitri Samkharadze admitted to orchestrating vandalism against 13 civil society organizations (CSOs) and 9 opposition party offices, and warned of further actions against those opposing GD members. The United National Movement (UNM) party headquarters in Tbilisi was vandalized, with pro-government mobs throwing rocks and attempting to forcibly enter the building. Witnesses, including Goga Arabuli, reported warning shots being fired by UNM guards. Guram Macharashvili, another GD MP, called for the prosecution of those protesting the foreign influence law for espionage.
Following the admittance of Georgian Dream MP Dimitri Samkharadze that it is indeed the GD behind the violent attacks on dissenters, over 100 masked inviduals attacked UNM offices overnight. They smashed the office windows and vandalizes its premises, including though makingโฆ https://t.co/unI9FGhD2J
Guram Macharashvili, member of the GD parliamentary majority in the Georgian Parliament and the Ivanishvili-linked Peopleโs Power said โall those who still protest the adoption of the [foreign influence] law must be prosecuted for espionage.โ Mr Macharashvili also accusedโฆ https://t.co/hsqbCFL0e8
At night, the Georgian Dream organised group attacked the office of the @UNMGeorgia. They threw stones, as a result, the windows are broken, and the facade is damaged. Yesterday, offices of practically all pro-Western NGOs and political parties were attacked. #Georgia https://t.co/09jYVGmhZ0
BREAKING: Central office of opposition party United National Movement in Tbilisi is currently under siege by what appears to be pro-government mobs. Witnesses report rocks being thrown at windows & attempts to forcibly enter building. Follow @GAMZIRI24 for further updates https://t.co/qRggwwBVqI
UNM party headquarters was vandalized about an hour ago. Look at the sheer amount of titushky... they also threw sticks and stones at the building. You can hear multiple warning shots into the air by the UNM guards, after which they flee. ๐ท Goga Arabuli https://t.co/DGaPo9Czjg
GD MPs get some taste of their own medicine. Their home entrances now have graffiti stating they are traitors. One of their poshies Nino Tsilosani received swearing phone calls too and she was upset. Meanwhile, they terrorize our families with threat calls. https://t.co/T5TwZyofc8
GD MP Dimitri Samkharadze stated that it is โthemโ behind the vandalization of CSOs and party offices and that more awaits anyone bringing any discomfort to any GD member. He proudly displayed a video showing the vandalization process of 13 CSOs and 9 opposition party offices. https://t.co/DyuVLjCel1
Another wave of massive Russian playbook hate graffiti at offices and homes of the Georgian civil society leaders echoing darkest times of Stalinism - โforeign agentsโ โenemies of the peopleโ the inscriptions read. https://t.co/5ZWhcVyBXQ
Eliso Bolkvadze, a GD MP, was confronted by a Georgian citizen at the Paris airport. The woman asked her what she was doing in Europe and said she should travel to Moscow instead. Bolkvadze is one of those who supported the russian law on foreign agents. https://t.co/vbEhzWMjyN
JUST IN: President Salome Zourabichvili, having a walk at Turtle Lake with her grandchild and dog, was confronted by men with batons and sticks, journalist Nino Sturua, a witness, states. GD deploys titushky even against the President! https://t.co/pnBYphTLqO https://t.co/UxjHTTunt1