Yekaterina Vinokourova, the daughter of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, was on a visit to Georgia on 20 May. This was reported by the Mtavari Arkhi television channel. According to the channel, the family of the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry has arrived to attend the "big wedding in Kakheti".

According to the channel, the groom is the brother of Russian businessman Alexander Vinokourov, who is Lavrov's nephew. The wedding was to take place at the Kvareli Lake Resort complex. The hotel was closed to local guests for two days to prepare for the Russians.

Meanwhile, protesters had already gathered near the Kvareli Tb Hotel in Kakheti, where Lavrov's daughter was staying. Activists and opposition members had been gathering for a rally since the morning. The forces of law and order were also present. One of the demonstrators, Irakli Edzgveradze, a member of the Tbilisi City Council representing the "National Movement" (Mikheil Saakashvili's party), was arrested in the early hours of the morning. His colleagues claim that this was done in the absence of any obvious violation or resistance. Later, it emerged that around 20 activists had been detained. They were members of the United National Movement and Droa parties.

The President of Georgia, Salome Zourabishvili, confirmed the arrival in her country of relatives of the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Sergey Lavrov. However, she noted that they would not be celebrating the wedding there. According to her, she spoke to the head of the Georgian Interior Ministry, Vakhtang Gomelauri, and the minister assured the president that Lavrov's relatives had left the country and would not be celebrating anything. "Although it was quite difficult for me to get in touch, I nevertheless received assurances from the interior minister that the family, the people who were going to celebrate the second half of the wedding today, have left the country. So the wedding will not take place today," said Salome Zourabishvili.

Zourabichvili also called this another victory of the Georgian people, "as in the past, the departure of Gavrilov from the country". She was referring in particular to the events of 2019, when the appearance of Russian Communist MP Sergey Gavrilov in parliament sparked protests and riots.