Georgia puts 300 members of the Georgian Legion on the wanted list

The special services of Georgia, following the Russian authorities, put Georgian volunteers who fought on the side of Ukraine on the wanted list.

Mamuka Mamulashvili, a commander of the Georgian National Legion fighting for Ukraine, told The Insider.

According to him, about 300 people from the combat unit he led were put on the wanted list in Georgia. Most of them are now in Ukraine.

“I foresaw this development after Russia started putting us on the wanted list. This was done so that the Georgian government would have grounds to arrest us. Russian and Georgian Special Services are working in sync today. Many of our guys who were returning to Georgia were advised by the Georgian special services to leave. They were told: “There are a lot of Russians here, we will not be able to protect you anymore, we ask you to leave,” Mamulashvili says.

In June, a Russian court recognized the Georgian Legion as a terrorist organization. Russia’s Investigative Committee brought more than 70 members of the Legion to justice in absentia and put Mamuka Mamulashvili on the wanted list.

At the same time, the State Security Service of Georgia also began summoning other Georgian volunteers who participated in the defense of Ukraine as part of other units for interrogation.

At least two volunteers, Nadim Khmaladze and Lasha Chigladze, were notified of being summoned to court.

Khmaladze posted on his social media that he had been charged under articles on coup d’etat and terrorism. Chigladze was also summoned to the Tbilisi City Court as part of the investigation into the coup d’état and “preparation of terrorism”.

“Now they told me that a year ago an investigation was launched into the coup d’état. They had some questions about this, they asked when I left, when I returned from Ukraine, there were some general questions,” Chigladze said.

Last year, Georgia’s Special Services announced the disclosure of a plot organized abroad to coup d’etat and seize power in Georgia. Among the suspects were members of the Georgian National Legion.

In response, Russian representatives expressed support for the Georgian government. In particular, the other day, Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Andrey Klimov said that Russia was ready to help preserve the power of the ruling party Georgian Dream if Tbilisi made such a request to Moscow.

Earlier this month, the first ship of the Russian Navy entered the newly built military base in the occupied part of Georgia, the breakaway region of Abkhazia.