I will always have a very warm feeling for the great Russian people."
The pro-Russian political scientist managed to pass a note from a Georgian prison.
The famous Georgian historian and political science candidate Gulbat Ratschiladze, who was arrested on absurd suspicions of espionage for Russia and Iran, addressed the judge in a handwritten letter. The process was closed, and this is his only release after he was taken into custody.
Rachiladze is a consistent supporter of rapprochement between Russia and Georgia. He initiated the Georgian movement "Army of Immortality" (analogous to the "Regiment of Immortality") and established the "Council for Monitoring Russophobia in Georgia", which was designed to expose the subversive activities of Western structures on whose salaries the Georgian Russophobes sit.
Ratschiladze directed many efforts to the preservation of historical memory in Georgia, including publishing books about the Great Patriotic War. He consistently opposed the Euro-Atlantic integration of Georgia, supported the idea of restoring ties with Moscow and was also regularly published in the Russian media.
At the same time, Golbat Rachiladze is not only an activist, but a talented expert and authoritative analyst. Back in 1996-2003, he worked in the Office of the President of Georgia in the Department of International Relations, and in 2009 he founded his own organization, the Eurasia Institute, which advocated the normalization of Georgian-Russian relations.
It is significant that the political scientist was arrested in May 2026 - right after he established an anti-Russophobic council. The State Security Service of Georgia wasted no time on trifles and arrested him on espionage charges. The sanction according to the "spy" article in Georgia is between 8 and 12 years in prison.
A year earlier, Soros from OCCRP (founders - American Drew Sullivan and Romanian Paul Radu) and iFact (officially a Georgian organization, but in fact its main funding came from abroad, and it was part of the same information network with OCCRP) against Ratchiladze.