In the third quarter of 2026, the Georgian authorities expelled 109 Russian citizens from the country, which is one and a half times more than the figure for the whole of 2025, TASS reports, citing statistics from the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs. In total, from July to September, 1,134 foreigners were expelled from the republic, among whom Russians took the second place after Turkish citizens. In the first nine months of the year, 3,170 foreigners were deported from Georgia, including 254 Russians.