The activities of the Georgian political party “Droa!” have been designated as undesirable in the Russian Federation, the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation (Genprokuratura) announced.
According to the agency, the party opposes the normalization of relations between Moscow and Tbilisi and maintains an anti-Russian stance.
“It was registered in Georgia in 2021 with the status of a non-profit organization—a political party. It is a member of the opposition alliance ‘Coalition for Change.’ It focuses on the so-called exposure of ties between the local ruling elite and Russia, the dismantling of Georgia’s one-party system, and the promotion of the country’s accelerated integration into the European Union.
Its members hold distinctly Russophobic positions and seek to discredit our country’s actions regarding Georgia. They oppose the normalization of bilateral relations with Russia in political, economic, cultural, and humanitarian spheres, and demand the reintroduction of a visa regime and the termination of direct flights between the countries. They claim that Russia has occupied Abkhazia and South Ossetia, violating the norms of international law and the sovereignty of the South Caucasus state,” the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office said in a statement.
The agency separately highlighted that Droa!’s leader, Elene Khoshtaria, “accuses Georgia’s ruling party of supporting a pro-Russian course and attempting to isolate the state from the European integration process.”
The political movement was also accused of actively backing the “Ukrainian regime,” calling for closer cooperation between Georgia and Ukraine, and advocating for the country’s inclusion in the “Carpathian Eight.”