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Georgian police raid homes of senior former officials
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on October 17, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
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Georgian police raided homes of ex-officials linked to an alleged government overthrow plot, seizing documents and cash.
Georgian police raid homes of senior former officials
Raids and Political Context
TBILISI (Reuters) -Georgian police conducted searches on Friday at the homes of three former senior officials as authorities clamp down on figures accused of trying to overthrow the government.
Details of the Raids
In a statement, the prosecutor general said law enforcement had raided the homes of Irakli Garibashvili, a two-time former prime minister; Grigol Liluashvili, a former internal security chief; and Otar Partskhaladze, an ex-prosecutor general.
Background on Former Officials
All have been close allies of Bidzina Ivanishvili, a billionaire former prime minister and founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party, widely seen as the de facto leader of the South Caucasus country.
Political Implications and Reactions
Electronic devices, documents and a large amount of cash were seized, the Interpress news agency cited the prosecutor general as saying.
The authorities have alleged that a plot to overthrow the government lies behind a series of opposition rallies that began a year ago when Georgian Dream won a parliamentary election that its critics say was fraudulent.
A total of 62 people have been arrested since a large rally two weeks ago, authorities said on Friday.
Partskhaladze, who is a dual Georgian-Russian citizen, was sanctioned by Britain last month for links to Moscow.
Garibashvili, who last served as prime minister from 2021 to 2024, largely spearheaded Tbilisi's anti-Western turn since the outbreak of the full-scale war in Ukraine.
In a speech in Bratislava in May 2023, Garibashvili said that the enlargement of the transatlantic NATO alliance was to blame for Russia's invasion.
Georgia, which fought a brief war with Russia in 2008, had previously been one of the most pro-Western countries to emerge from the ashes of the Soviet Union, with aspirations to join the European Union.
In the lead-up to a municipal election this month, Georgian Dream accused the EU ambassador of expressing support for an attempt to seize power. Brussels accused Tbilisi of disinformation.
(Reporting by Lucy Papachristou and Felix Light; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
Key Takeaways
- •Georgian police raided homes of three former senior officials.
- •Raids linked to alleged plot to overthrow the government.
- •Officials were allies of former PM Bidzina Ivanishvili.
- •62 arrests made following recent opposition rallies.
- •Partskhaladze sanctioned by Britain for Moscow ties.
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