Georgia Intel: Tbilisi Protests & Russian Pressure

On April 21, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced a major security reshuffle, moving Mamuka Mdinaradze to a new law enforcement coordination post and appointing Geka Geladze to head the State Security Service. Diplomatic friction deepened on April 27 when the Georgian Foreign Ministry summoned EU Ambassador Pawel Herczynski over his remarks warning Georgia not to return to 'dark times'. Meanwhile, the SSSG's April 22 arrest of Akhalgori resident Tamaz Goloev on espionage charges drew swift condemnation from Tskhinvali de facto authorities on April 25. Civil unrest remains a daily fixture in central Tbilisi. Since April 22, parents of children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy have maintained a 24-hour protest outside the Government Administration, facing police restrictions on tents and seating. On April 24, activist Lazare Grigoriadis was re-arrested on new threat allegations. In regional developments, police briefly detained two individuals on April 29 during a farmers' protest in Marneuli. The convergence of a hardened state security apparatus, continuous civil unrest, and deepening diplomatic isolation sustains an elevated risk environment. For the Samgori business school, physical risks remain concentrated in central Tbilisi near Rustaveli Avenue and the Chancellery. Regional logistics remain volatile; the Up, but heavy truck traffic remains vulnerable to sudden weather shifts. Expected EU sanctions remain blocked by a single member state, while the DMD protests face administrative harassment but no forcible clearance yet.

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