Giorgi Kirvalidze, a defendant in the case concerning the events of October 4, 2025, was detained upon exiting a detention facility in Gurjaani after serving a seven-day administrative arrest, reports news outlet Netgazeti.
In a published video recording, Kirvalidze is heard being charged this time under Part 2 of Article 366 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which provides for liability for contempt of court (insulting a judge). This offense is punishable by a fine, corrective labor for a term of one to two years, or imprisonment for up to two years.
Giorgi Kirvalidze was sentenced to seven days of administrative arrest for insulting Bidzina Ivanishvili, the founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party. The ruling prompted his protest—during the court session, he told the judge: “You are an ordinary slave, Bidzina’s slave.”
According to the television channel TV Pirveli, he insulted Ivanishvili again during the same court hearing.
Notably, in June, during the trial following the approval of a plea agreement, Giorgi Kirvalidze stated that he did not plead guilty: “Cancel it, fuck Bidzina’s mother too.”
Kirvalidze, along with more than 30 other defendants in the October 4 case, had previously petitioned the prosecutor’s office on his own initiative to enter into a plea agreement. Under the terms of the deal, the defendants were to serve one year in prison and receive a three-year suspended sentence.
In late August, the Court of Appeals annulled the plea agreement approved with the prosecutor’s office. The motion to cancel the deal was filed by the prosecution itself. During the hearing, Kirvalidze explained that his profanities during the execution of the agreement were caused by emotional distress.
Initially, Giorgi Kirvalidze was charged under two articles of the Criminal Code of Georgia:
- participation in group violence (Part 2 of Article 225);
- attempted seizure or blockade of facilities of strategic or special importance committed by a group of persons (Subparagraph “a”, Part 2 of Articles 19-222).
As a reminder, on October 4, 2025, coinciding with municipal elections in Georgia, a mass protest took place in central Tbilisi, referred to by the opposition as the “National Assembly.” A declaration was read out at the gathering announcing the termination of the authorities’ mandate and the start of a peaceful transition period. Shortly thereafter, part of the opposition and its supporters marched toward the presidential residence, where protesters knocked down a fence and attempted to enter the Orbeliani Palace. The rally was dispersed by riot police, and many of its participants ended up behind bars.
