Imedi TV, Georgia’s major pro-government channel, has claimed that Igor Blaževič, human rights advocate and senior advisor at the Prague Civil Society Centre, is linked to a “revolutionary scenario” for the Georgian opposition and has conducted “more than 10 trainings” for them, where he also gave “specific instructions.”
The April 16 reports by Imedi TV, both on air and in an online article, said the State Security Service of Georgia (SSSG) is “already aware” of “planned unrest” that is “currently in development.” According to the channel, the SSSG had received information regarding the alleged activities from “international colleagues” and is currently initiating a “legal response.”
Igor Blaževič is a Senior Advisor at the Prague Civil Society Centre, a Czech-based organization that supports changemakers, journalists, and thinkers in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia.
In a televised report, Imedi described Blaževič as “one of the leaders” of the Centre, who, it claimed, is “writing a revolutionary scenario” for the Georgian opposition. The channel said that Blaževič conducted “another training” for the opposition “a few days ago,” and in total “more than 10 trainings,” during which, Imedi claimed, he also gave “specific instructions.”
The channel did not name any opposition politicians who have attended the alleged trainings, but it said that Davit Gunashvili of the activist movement “Pari” was among those present at the “latest training.” It said that Gunashvili declined to comment on the matter.
Imedi further claimed that Blaževič “instructed” TV Pirveli, a major opposition-leaning television channel, to “circulate unverified reports regarding potential government changes.”
TV Pirveli, which on April 15 said Georgian Dream was considering transferring Interior Minister Geka Geladze to the Defence Ministry and Defence Minister Irakli Chikovani to a “diplomatic mission,” has rejected Imedi TV’s claims that the channel was “instructed” by Blaževič to publish such information. It called on the Communications Commission, the state media regulator, to respond to what it described as Imedi’s “attempts to discredit independent media.”
Imedi further described Blaževič as “quite active on social media with posts on Georgia.” The channel said he, among other things, “openly supports protests and criticizes laws adopted by the Georgian Parliament, including the transparency law.”
Imedi TV then aired photos of Blaževič alongside several Georgian public figures, including lawyer Saba Brachveli, Professor Ghia Nodia, and Tina Khidasheli, former Defense Minister who now heads Civic Idea, an NGO. The aired photos were from the Forum 2000 Conference organized by the Prague Civil Society Centre in October 2025, where the three named individuals attended an expert panel on civil society in Georgia. The discussion was moderated by Igor Blaževič.
“[At the panel], they spoke about sanctions, resistance, and government change,” the channel said, “And now […] he [Blaževič] is writing a revolutionary scenario for the opposition.”
The channel also aired a phone call with Ghia Nodia, who told the journalist that he knows Blaževič, that he had met him during conferences “in various countries,” and that they had discussed, among others, “democracy,” and that protests, “as a component of democracy,” “could have been mentioned.”
The allegations follow similar reports by Imedi involving non-governmental organizations, online media, and universities, among others. The SSSG had similarly, on several occasions in the past, made claims about “training plots” allegedly involving foreign trainers, embassies, and foreign donor organizations.
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