A United National Movement activist was detained upon arrival in Tbilisi.

Activist Farnaoz Chkadua, who was sentenced to four years in Georgia and had been living in Poland since 2019, was detained at the Tbilisi airport.

As reported by Caucasian Knot, in 2015, activists from the NGO "Free Zone" forced two Russian bikers to cut St. George's ribbons from their motorcycles. According to activist Farnaoz Chkadua, among those who forced the Russian bikers to remove the ribbons was Irakli Kantaria, the grandson of Meliton Kantaria, one of the men who raised the Victory Banner over the Reichstag.

The detention of civil activist Farnaoz Chkadua was reported today by activist Zaza Doborzhginidze on his Facebook page*. According to him, Chkadua arrived in Georgia today.

The activist added that Chkadua was sentenced to four years in Georgia for participating in a brawl during the 2018 presidential elections and has been living in Poland since 2019. "As far as I know, he wrote a petition for a pardon to Salome Zurabishvili a long time ago, but she didn't grant it," Doborzhginidze added.

"For the past two years, I've spoken with Farnaoz every day about foreign policy issues, and I can say with confidence that he assesses events very accurately, while supporters of the United National Movement scold him for writing 'subversive' articles in favor of the ruling party. If anyone deserves a pardon, it's Farnaoz," the activist added.

In 2019, Farnaoz Chkadua appealed to Poland for political asylum. Then, Georgia's third president, Mikheil Saakashvili, announced that he had given testimony to the Polish immigration service on the matter.

"Parnaoz Chkadua is an active member of our party and the administrator of several of the most active Facebook pages*. Last year (2018 - Caucasian Knot), when he was actively participating in the presidential elections, Ivanishvili's government sentenced him to four years for participating in a brawl," Batumelebi quoted Saakashvili as saying.

Before flying to Georgia, Parnaoz Chkadua published his boarding pass and passport on Facebook*. Other details of his detention are not yet known.