The Kartuli Brief — 2026-06-25 | Sakartvelo Intelligence

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Sovereignty Threat Level

Elevated EU accession suspended · Protest cycle ongoing · Russian pressure steady

Lead

Georgia’s Population Exceeds 3.9 Million in 2024 Census as Geostat Releases Final Detailed Data

Georgia’s population stood at 3,929,581 as of November 14, 2024, according to the main results of the 2024 population and agricultural census released by the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat), marking an increase of 215,777 people (5.8%) compared to the 2014 census figure of 3,713,804. The census was conducted from November 14 to December …

Sources: Civil.ge

Russia Watch

P&G Cuts Ties With UK-Sanctioned Imedi TV as Nestlé Opens Internal Probe, Media Reports

The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G), an American multinational consumer goods giant behind popular brands such as Gillette, Pampers, and Head & Shoulders, has cut ties with UK-sanctioned Georgian pro-government Imedi TV, while Nestlé, the Swiss-based world’s largest food and drink maker, has launched an internal investigation after its products were advertised on the channel, &#82…

Civil.ge

Caucasus

ECtHR: Russia Responsible for Killing, Torture of Georgian Prisoners of War in 2008

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Russia violated the right to life and the prohibition of torture in connection with eight Georgian prisoners of war in 2008, including Georgia’s national hero Giorgi Antsukhelidze, ordering Moscow to pay compensation to victims’ families and surviving servicemen. The judgment, delivered on June 23 in …

Civil.ge

"A nation with a populace that is overwhelmingly pro-Western ruled by a government that has frozen that integration—the Sakartvelo Paradox defines the crisis."

— Sakartvelo Unveiled Analysis

GEL/USD

2.65

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GEL/EUR

3.00

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Mid. Corridor TEU

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Domestic Politics

Armenia and Azerbaijan sign internet traffic transit agreement

There have been concerns the agreement could lead to increased risk of internet espionage.

OC Media

Western Response

Ingushetia again ranked poorest Russian region

The republic remains an outlier in terms of poverty, unemployment, and average savings.

OC Media

Economy

Gagloev Resigns as Tskhinvali’s De Facto Leader, Becomes Putin’s Adviser

Alan Gagloev has resigned as the de facto leader of occupied Tskhinvali/South Ossetia and has been appointed adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin, amid the so-called “Treaty on Deepening Allied Cooperation” between Tskhinvali and Moscow, which Tbilisi sees as another step toward the region’s annexation. The resignation came a week after Marat Kambolov, a longtime …

Civil.ge

Regional Intelligence

South Ossetian President Alan Gagloev resigns

Gagloev has announced that he is moving to work as an adviser in the Kremlin.

OC Media

Nestlé investigates its ads appearing on Georgia’s sanctioned Imedi TV, UK media reports

Separately, the American consumer giant Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) also cut ties with Imedi.

OC Media

Assessment & Data

Sovereignty Indicators

EU Accession Status Frozen

NATO MAP Progress Stalled

Press Freedom (RSF) Declining

Foreign Agent Law Enacted

Civil Society Space Narrowing

Public EU Support ~80%

Week Ahead

European Parliament plenary to debate Georgia resolution on Wednesday. Georgian National Bank inflation data due Thursday. Opposition rally planned Saturday in Tbilisi's Freedom Square. Bidzina Ivanishvili expected to address GD party congress. OSCE monitoring mission report on media freedom scheduled for release.

Compiled from multiple sources