The co-founder of the Emigration for Action project to help Ukrainian refugees, Igor Myglan, was denied entry into Georgia. The director of the Free Russia Foundation in the South Caucasus, Yegor Kuroptev, announced this on the evening of March 28.

"At the moment, for more than 15 hours, activist Igor Myglan has been held at Tbilisi airport. Like many other Russian activists, Igor was not allowed into Georgia without explanation. In Georgia, Igor, from the very beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, has been working with his colleagues on the Emigration for Action project to support Ukrainian refugees. More than 8 thousand refugees from Ukraine received medical care thanks to Igor and the entire project team. Does this threaten Georgia's interests? I'm sure not. I am sure that such projects, as well as initiatives to support refugees, created by citizens of Georgia and other countries, are something that any country can be proud of," Kuroptev noted.

He appealed to the Georgian authorities - in particular, to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the State Security Service - with a request to let Myglan into the country, “where he has not violated a single law, but in whatever way he can and knows how to help people in trouble.” Georgian departments have not yet commented on Myglan’s refusal to enter the country.

Another organizer of the Emigration for Action project, Evgeniy Lyamin, said that Myglan flew to Tbilisi on the night of March 28 from Germany, where he has been studying since the fall of 2023. At passport control, he was stopped without explanation. About seven hours later, at nine in the morning, he was verbally denied entry into Georgia, but no documentary explanation was provided for the reasons for this decision.

On the morning of March 29, the project reported that Myglan was being expelled from Georgia to Istanbul.

Igor Myglan moved to Georgia in 2022, immediately after the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. In April of the same year, he and other activists organized the Emigration for Action project, which helps Ukrainian refugees stranded in Georgia. The project provides medicines to citizens of Ukraine and conducts educational and charitable events in their support.

Since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian opposition politicians, independent journalists, human rights defenders, and activists have been repeatedly denied entry into Georgia. In most cases, the reasons are not given.

On February 18, Filip Dziadko was denied entry into Georgia. The Russian writer had lived in Georgia since March 2022. In addition to criticizing Putin's government, his journalist brother, Tikhon Dziadko, may have been the reason for his return from the border. He is the presenter of news programs of the Russian opposition channel "Dozhdi." "Dozhdi" is declared a foreign agent in Russia and broadcasts from the Netherlands. Their site is blocked in Russia.

The Russian community finds Philip Dziadko's case not surprising. Activist and singer Olga Borisova, journalist Vasili Krestianinov, photographer David Frankel, politician Lyubov Sobol, and journalist Mikhail Fishman all had the same experience at different times. All are foreign agents or employees of a foreign agent in Russia. For a year now, those who criticize Putin's government, i.e., foreign agents and their relatives, have been facing problems at the border of Georgia.