The Tbilisi City Court has remanded Giorgi Baramidze, a leader of the opposition United National Movement, in custody. The politician has been charged under Articles 307¹ ("high treason") and 318 ("sabotage") of the Criminal Code of Georgia. He faces up to four years in prison.
In Belgorod, Z volunteer Irina I. was fined 30,000 rubles for "discrediting the Russian Armed Forces" following a comment on the Telegram channel of Z military correspondent Romanov. Her comments concerned the redeployment of the Russian army unit "Akhmat" from Chechnya to the Belgorod region.
Commenting on the news of "Akhmat"'s arrival, Irina wrote that the fighters "live in hotels and drive around the city stoned," noting the contrast with "ordinary Russian Vanya," who "broke the situation with his own blood." The court found that Irina's comments "diminished the authority and undermined trust" in the Akhmat special battalion.
Irina I. pleaded guilty, citing her comments as an emotional state caused by the current situation in the country and her health issues. She also added that she had previously volunteered to help the Russian military.