More than a hundred Russians were expelled from Georgia in three months

From July to September 2026, the Georgian authorities expelled 109 Russian citizens from the country. This is one and a half times more than for the entire previous year, follows from the statistics of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic, TASS reports.

In the third quarter, 1,134 foreigners were expelled from Georgia. The largest number of them were Turkish citizens – 306 people. The Russians came in second place.

In the first nine months of 2026, 3,170 foreigners were expelled from the republic. Among them were 791 Turkish citizens, 306 Indian citizens, 274 Iranian citizens and 254 Russian citizens.

For comparison, in 2025, the Georgian authorities expelled 1,311 foreigners, including 73 Russian citizens.

In October, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia announced the detention of 64 foreigners who violated the country’s migration laws. Among them were citizens of Russia, Jordan, Pakistan, Turkey, India and other countries.

The detainees were placed in a temporary accommodation centre where deportation proceedings were initiated against them. By that time, as part of special migration checks, law enforcement officers checked about 20,000 foreigners.