The Tbilisi City Court sentenced journalist Vakho Sanaia to 14 days in detention for a Facebook post about the parliamentary speaker and a deputy, marking the first arrest in Georgia for social media content.

The Tbilisi City Court sentenced journalist Vakho Sanaia to 14 days in detention for a Facebook post about the parliamentary speaker and a deputy, marking the first arrest in Georgia for social media content.

@paperkartuli 22 Jul 2026, 16:02

Today, the appellate court in Tbilisi did not deliver a ruling on the case of Russians Anastasia Zinovkina and Artem Gribul, sentenced to 8.5 years for drug possession, and scheduled the next hearing for September.

@paperkartuli 22 Jul 2026, 13:06