In recent days, disinformation has been deliberately spread through various media outlets claiming that convicted Bachana Akhalaia is charged with publicly calling for the overthrow of Bidzina Ivanishvili, which we emphatically state is incorrect, — this is noted in the statement issued by the General Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia.

As the agency explains in the information it disseminated, Bacho Akhalaia is not charged with making a statement against Bidzina Ivanishvili, but with calling for the overthrow of state power and the violent change of Georgia’s constitutional order.

“Once again, we explain to the public that according to the indictment against Bachana Akhalaia, on February 16, 2026, at a preliminary hearing in the Tbilisi City Court on Bachana Akhalaia’s criminal case, during his speech Bachana Akhalaia stated that ‘this government must be overthrown as quickly and harshly as possible. In any form and by any means. This is the only way and we, me, you, and anyone else have a legitimate right to do this, and the most conscientious among us have an obligation to do this.’ Accordingly, his action — calling for the overthrow of state power and the violent change of Georgia’s constitutional order — was qualified under Article 317 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which is punishable by imprisonment from 1 to 3 years.

Based on the above, on July 6, 2026, the Tbilisi City Court found Bachana Akhalaia guilty and sentenced him to 2 years and 6 months of imprisonment,” the information disseminated by the Prosecutor’s Office states.