Nino Robakidze

Freedomfighter from #Georgia
Opinions are mine.
RT ≠ endorsement.

[Euromaidan Press @EuromaidanPress]

“The feeling that we do not belong in the unfree world is shaping us,” says Nino Robakidze at the Lviv Media Forum.

For Georgia, resistance is helping create a true civil society. Being against the regime is not enough, she stresses—you also have to show what you are fighting for.

#LMF2026

[A Little Georgian Warrior🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 @True_Georgian]

🇬🇪🇪🇺 The EU Ambassador to Georgia, Paweł Herczyński, together with Georgians celebrating Europe Day in Georgia🔥
This is exactly what we expect from our own government – sincerity, respect, mutual cooperation, more public engagement and communication, rather than brutality and beatings in response to a legitimate protest against your unilateral decision to rob the country of its European future.

[Anna Gvarishvili @AnnaGvarishvili]

Georgian Dream is creating its own Roskomnadzor.

A special unit is being established within the Interior Ministry whose main function will be the “systematic monitoring of hate speech, offensive campaigns, and aggressive communication in public space,” followed by what authorities describe as “appropriate legal response.”

[Mariam Nikuradze @mari_nikuradze]

Tbilisi City Court ruled at 4am in the morning to kick out Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Sadigov from Georgia. He was arrested close to midnight with excessive police force "for insulting police on Facebook in 1 April post". He was fined 2k gel for it and kicked out of country.

[Salome Zourabichvili @Zourabichvili_S]

By grossly violating the @ECHR_CEDH ruling and expelling Afgan Sadigov, the Ivanishvili regime is rejecting international law and human rights. The international community must monitor this case closely, speak out, and act decisively.

[Anna Gvarishvili @AnnaGvarishvili]

It is increasingly clear that the Georgian Dream regime is using its harshest measures against anti-Putin Russian political prisoners for participating in #GeorgiaProtests.

Three days ago, Anastasia Zinovkina was transferred to a closed-type prison, where she is locked in her cell for 23 hours a day and allowed only one hour outside. Authorities have also restricted her ability to make phone calls.

Zinovkina has serious spinal medical issues and has been requesting proper medical treatment for months, without success. Her partner is also imprisoned on the same charges. She has no support network in Georgia, as authorities have refused to allow her mother to enter the country.

[John Scott-Railton @jsrailton]

They didn't just spray protesters with a WW1 chemical weapon...

Evidence suggests they added dry cleaning fluid to help it mix with water.

A Class A carcinogen.

Truly awful.

[NEXTA @nexta_tv]

Georgian security forces gassed their own citizens with a substance used in World War I, the BBC reports

During the crackdown on protests in Tbilisi, police may have used a World War I–era chemical agent known as “camite.”

It is a toxic powder that causes intense burning, coughing, breathing problems, and can linger on surfaces for several days. Experts say such a substance can be classified as a chemical weapon.

The BBC investigation is based on interviews with chemists, doctors, and former special-forces officers. Many protesters said water-cannon streams “burned their skin,” and symptoms such as coughing, shortness of breath, and vomiting persisted for weeks.

Doctors confirm that some people developed heart issues and long-term complications. One former special-forces commander admitted that a similar chemical had been tested before and was far stronger than regular tear gas.

The BBC also obtained a list of chemicals stored in the special-forces warehouse. One of them, UN3439, matches the code under which “camite” was once supplied.

The Georgian authorities deny everything, call the investigation “absurd,” and insist the dispersal of protesters was lawful. The ruling Georgian Dream party says it will sue the BBC in an international court.

Human-rights groups are demanding an investigation into the possible use of chemical weapons against civilians.

[Terje Helland @terjehelland]

🇬🇪BBC has confirmed that Georgian Dream used a WW1 chemical agent, Bromobenzyl cyanide, against peaceful protesters.
People suffered chemical burns, respiratory distress and long-term injuries.
@GeorgianDream41
📷 Tata Khundadze, David Nebieridze
https://t.co/Db5VEN691Q?

[Sir William Browder KCMG @Billbrowder]

Georgian government uses toxic WW1 chemical agent to disperse protesters. Effects last for weeks after exposure. A new level of depravity. Only question is whether they came up with it on their own or it was passed to them by their Russian handlers https://t.co/2M7du29F8n

[Nana Sajaia @NanaSajaia]

🇬🇪 🇺🇸
Representative @RepJoeWilson,
this is Anaklia - Black Sea town, stone throw away from Russian occupied Abkhazia.
As the lyrics of the song go:
“If the present does not have mercy on us,
the future is ours.”
It is with that spirit that Georgians have been protesting Russian style repressions for 350 consecutive days now.
And it is with that spirit, they believe in MEGOBARI Act, the Geo-U.S. friendship, and U.S. leadership.

Video by local activists @NodarSikh & Rosto Zarandia @RostZ13311

[Anna Gvarishvili @AnnaGvarishvili]

Member of the GD-led Parliament admits that the charges against journalist Mzia Amaglobeli are in fact politically motivated, and not about the so-called “slap, pain, or redness of the cheek.” As Mariam Lashkhi said, “This wasn’t about a slap, pain, or redness, it was about her attitude toward the institution, and that’s why she was held accountable.”

[Anna Gvarishvili @AnnaGvarishvili]

Khasaia, originally from Sokhumi, Abkhazia, has been actively involved in the #GeorgiaProtests. He has already been arbitrarily arrested several times and even physically assaulted. 5/5

[Anna Gvarishvili @AnnaGvarishvili]

Member of @GIRCHIMF, Gela Khasaia, was arrested last night at his apartment. Today it was announced that he faces criminal charges for allegedly breaking someone’s hand - an accusation that anyone who knows Gela finds absurd. 1/5

[Anna Gvarishvili @AnnaGvarishvili]

Open Letter to Senator Markwayne Mullin @SenMullin:

Dear Senator Mullin,

According to multiple reports, you singlehandedly blocked the passage of the MEGOBARI Act, a crucial piece of legislation designed to support democratic forces in Georgia who are fighting an anti-US, authoritarian regime while facing systematic repression.

Let me remind you: this bill is bipartisan and bicameral. It codifies sanctions against Georgian Dream officials for human rights abuses, corruption, subversion of democracy, and deepening ties with America’s adversaries, issues that, until recently, you yourself appeared to consider matters of grave concern.

Your decision is not only confusing but also stunning, given your own record of fierce criticism toward Georgian Dream. Allow me to refresh your memory.

On January 19, 2020, in a letter to then–Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia, you wrote:

“Given the negative trend I have described [referring to Georgia’s continued backsliding from democratic values and the accompanying economic deterioration] and in order to help stop this trend, concerns have grown louder and calls for sanctions and other punitive measures have increased. I support these calls for reform and, earlier this year, I introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives the Georgia Fair Business Practices Sanctions Act.”

In that same letter, you echoed the December 13, 2019, letter from Congressmen Adam Kinzinger (@AdamKinzinger) and Gerry Connolly (@GerryConnolly), in which they raised alarm over Georgian Dream’s failure to pass promised reforms and its violent attacks on peaceful protesters.

On June 10, 2020, you tweeted:

“Russia’s aggression and Putin’s cronies, including in Georgia, must be stopped.”

In July 2020, you published an op-ed in The Hill declaring:

“Georgia is controlled by Bidzina Ivanishvili, a Russian-schooled oligarch who made billions in the corrupt feeding frenzy on abandoned Russian industries after the collapse of the Soviet Union.”

And on July 29, 2020, you signed a letter to then–Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, urging him to take a closer look at Georgia.

Since then, the Georgian Dream regime has not reversed course. On the contrary: it has doubled down. Over the past five years it has passed multiple repressive laws affecting broad segments of society, crushed dissent, created more than 60 political prisoners, violently dispersed protests, refused accountability, and adopted even harsher anti-US rhetoric.

And yet, despite this deterioration, despite the fact that everything you warned about has come true, you decided to walk away from the very sanctions package you once championed.

Back when you were active on Georgia, Georgian Dream openly accused you of “lobbying for American companies” and of being sponsored to do so. A glance at your old letters shows that your primary concern was indeed the protection of U.S. companies.

So my question is simple, Senator: what has changed in five years? If your interest was never truly the democratic aspirations of the Georgian people, but only the welfare of American businesses, let me assure you, the situation on that front is equally alarming today.

I will close this letter with your own words:

“As Americans, it is also in our national security interest to support these efforts to prevent further Russian influence throughout the globe. We must stand with the Georgian people in their fight for freedom.”

Senator, please, just be the same American you claimed to be five years ago.

Respectfully,
Anna Gvarishvili

[European Parliament @Europarl_EN]

Georgia cannot join the EU until its government changes its authoritarian course.

The European Parliament stands with the Georgian people.

Parliament does not recognise Georgia’s current government and says its EU path is effectively suspended until fair elections happen.

[Rikard Jozwiak @RikardJozwiak]

🇪🇺 parl passed (490 for, 147 against, 49 abstentions) a non-binding report on 🇬🇪 calling for:
- review of 🇪🇺🇬🇪assoc agreement
- SWIFT cut-off & sectoral sanctions
- targeted sanctions on Ivanishvili & ppl linked to his regime
- new parliamentary elex,
- review 🇬🇪 visa free status

[Rusudan Djakeli ����🇪🇺🇦 @rusudanjakeli]

🇬🇪 This is Georgia after:

✅ 7 months of uninterrupted protests.
✅ 60+ political prisoners.
✅ Six out of nine opposition leaders in jail.
✅ Daily protests in 8+ cities.

[Nino Robakidze @NUKA21]

Day #214 non-stop pro-Euro #protest in #Tbilisi and in all small and big cities of #Georgia

#GeorgiaProtests
#stopruzzia

[Euromaidan Press @EuromaidanPress]

@NUKA21 Robakidze warns democracies worldwide to confront threats early: "There's never a wrong time to address your mistakes. We can never be too uncomfortable to discuss the elephant in the room—because that elephant will never disappear on its own" ❌