Drunk man urinated from a balcony on guests and shouted “Glory to Russia”: in Georgia a Russian was sentenced to 15 days and will be deported

Drunk man urinated from a balcony on guests and shouted “Glory to Russia”: in Georgia a Russian was sentenced to 15 days and will be deported

In Georgia a drunk Russian urinated from a balcony onto visitors of a café and shouted "Glory to Russia"; he will be deported.

Tbilisi court sentenced the Russian citizen to 15 days of detention for hooliganism. After that he will be deported and banned from entering Georgia for three years.

A scandal erupted in Georgia involving a Russian citizen. On the grounds of the Monolith Green City residential complex in the Ortachala district of Tbilisi, an intoxicated Russian-speaking man urinated directly from a balcony onto visitors of the café below. Witness Teona Golodze, who posted a video of the incident on TikTok, reported the event on social media. Later the Tbilisi City Court assigned the Russian 15 days of administrative detention for hooliganism, UNN reports citing "News of Georgia" and TV Pirveli.

Golodze said the incident took place on the grounds of the Monolith Green City residential complex in the Ortachala district of Tbilisi. When the people sitting below began filming what was happening on their phones and confronting him, the troublemaker responded by shouting "Glory to Russia."

Visitors immediately called the police. The footage shows that later in the yard in the presence of police the intoxicated man tried to justify his behavior with an original argument — he said he did it because "the bathtub was occupied." At the same time he complained that the café had allegedly "illegally" placed chairs and tables below.

At the same time, Golodze noted, the detainee called acquaintances asking for help and assuring his interlocutors that his problems with the police arose solely because of the slogan "Glory to Russia."

Although the actual act of urination did not appear directly on the video, Golodze's description is generally corroborated by the participants' dialogues.

According to the video author, the offender was detained administratively. According to her, after the court hearing he is to be deported from the country.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia confirmed to TV Pirveli the fact of the Russian citizen's administrative detention.

Proceedings are being conducted under articles 166 (minor hooliganism) and 171 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of Georgia. The latter article includes actions that offend human dignity and public morality in public places, as well as an obvious disrespect for accepted norms of behavior that creates a humiliating or offensive environment (including satisfying physiological needs in public places).

The Tbilisi City Court assigned 15 days of administrative detention to Russian citizen Oleksandr Popov, who while intoxicated urinated from a balcony on café visitors.

The man was found guilty of minor hooliganism and actions that offend human dignity and public morality (articles 166 and 171 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of Georgia). According to reports, at the hearing Popov fully admitted his guilt.

"I regret what I did, and of course it will never happen again," the Russian said.

According to the ruling, immediately after the end of the detention term the troublemaker will be deported from the country and a three-year ban on entering Georgia will be issued.

The incident took place on the grounds of the Monolith Green City residential complex in the Ortachala district of Tbilisi. Witness Teona Golodze posted a video of the event on TikTok. In the footage you can hear that in response to remarks the troublemaker shouted "Glory to Russia."

To police officers the detainee tried to justify his action by saying that the apartment's "bathtub was occupied," and that the café had allegedly "illegally" installed tables in the yard.

In July at the Agarani Estate hotel in Kakheti a severe conflict occurred between participants in a Georgian wedding and Russian-speaking tourists, after which the groom's brother struck one of the tourists in the face.

Initially the parties presented radically opposing versions: the tourists claimed they were attacked because of the Russian language, while the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia reported that the women provoked the guests themselves — shouting insults from the balcony and splashing water on the music equipment. On social media there was information that urine, not water, was poured from the balcony onto the wedding, but official sources did not confirm this.

Both incidents added fuel to an already heated debate about attitudes toward Russians in Georgia — a country two of whose regions are under Russian occupation. While opponents of the authorities demand harsher action to stop provocations, representatives of the ruling "Georgian Dream" warn of the danger of "manifestations of Russophobia."