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 tensions escalated 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, EU High Representative Kaja Kallas confirmed on April 22 that 26 member states support sanctions against Georgian officials, but the measure remains blocked by a single country. Civil unrest continues in central Tbilisi, where parents of children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy have maintained a 24-hour protest outside the Government Administration since April 22, facing police restrictions on tents. In a separate security incident, a 37-year-old foreign national was murdered in a Tbilisi apartment on April 24; the suspect subsequently surrendered to police. Additionally, authorities deported 103 foreign nationals for immigration violations on April 30. 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, where DMD protests and pro-EU marches frequently converge. 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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