10/ You can find more details about the Chorchana case on our Instagram page — see the Highlights section for a full overview.

9/ Gakharia later said the move was intended to prevent further occupation by reinforcing Georgia’s presence in the area. Five months later, on August 30, 2019, the checkpoint officially opened near Tsnelisi, in the Chorchana forest.

8/ That same year, under Gakharia’s leadership, Georgian authorities established a checkpoint near the village of Chorchana on territory under Tbilisi’s control, following new territorial claims by the de facto authorities in Tskhinvali.

7/ For years, no one was held accountable, and in 2024, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Georgia had failed to conduct an effective investigation.

6/ Despite public outrage, Georgian Dream appointed Gakharia Prime Minister shortly afterwards, while senior officials, including some still in office, defended the crackdown.

5/ In June 2019, when Gakharia was Minister of Internal Affairs, police used rubber bullets to disperse protesters gathered on Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi. Many were seriously injured, and several lost their eyesight.

4/ He left the country several months ago, and it is currently unclear when he will return.

3/ Gakharia is charged with inflicting bodily harm on multiple people and abuse of power, offences punishable by up to 13 and 5 years in prison, respectively.

2/ According to the Prosecutor’s Office, the case concerns the violent dispersal of the June 20, 2019, protest and the installation of a watchtower near the occupied territories.

Update: 🧵 1/ The Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia has launched criminal proceedings against Giorgi Gakharia, former Prime Minister under the ruling Georgian Dream party and now one of the leaders of the opposition. He faces up to 13 years in prison.

4/ In Georgia’s case, the conclusion is sharply negative.

The report states that “only the name remains” of Georgia’s candidate status and that the “status exists only on paper".

3/ The European Commission published its annual EU enlargement report, assessing the progress of candidate countries on their path toward European integration, on November 4.

2/ The event will take place on November 18 in Brussels. According to the spokesperson of the European Commission, their position is clearly reflected in the enlargement package.

Georgia’s air navigation agency, Sakaeronavigatsia stated that the plane disappeared from radar a few minutes after entering Georgian airspace, without transmitting a distress signal.