--- title: "Georgia Expels 109 Russians in Three Months — Nearly 1.5 Times More Than in All of 2025" description: "In the third quarter of 2026, Georgia expelled 109 Russian citizens — nearly 1.5 times more than in the whole of 2025. A total of 3,170 foreigners left the country over nine months." date: 2026-11-09T21:43:38.514Z lang: en url: https://xab.info/en/posts/georgia-expels-109-russians-three-months tags: [georgia, migration, deportation, russia, migrants] author: "Andrey Kosynko" publisher: "XAB.info" --- # Georgia Expels 109 Russians in Three Months — Nearly 1.5 Times More Than in All of 2025 ![A group of travelers with backpacks and luggage walking along a mountain road in Georgia](https://xab.info/media/2026/11/09/gruziya-za-tri-mesyatsa-vydvorila-109-rossiyan/gruziya-za-tri-mesyatsa-vydvorila-109-rossiyan-1.webp) ## Key Points - In Q3 2026, Georgia expelled 109 Russian citizens — almost 1.5 times more than in all of 2025 (73). - A total of 1,134 foreigners left the country in Q3; Turkish citizens lead (306), with Russians in second place. - Over the first nine months of 2026, 3,170 foreigners were deported, including 254 Russians and 791 Turkish citizens. - The surge in deportations is linked to the tightening of Georgia's migration laws in 2025. In the third quarter of 2026, the Georgian authorities expelled 109 Russian citizens from the country for violating migration legislation — nearly one and a half times more than during the entire year of 2025. Data from the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs, published on November 8 and reported by Russian and Belarusian media, record a sharp acceleration in deportation procedures amid the tightening of migration rules adopted by the Georgian parliament a year earlier. ### Third Quarter: Peak of Deportations From July to September 2026, a total of 1,134 foreign citizens were expelled from Georgia. Turkish citizens lead the number of deportees with 306 people, and Russians rank second with 109. Over the same period, 15 Belarusian citizens left the country. For comparison: during the whole of 2025, Georgian authorities expelled 1,311 illegal migrants, 73 of whom were Russian citizens. ### Russians Rank Second in Deportations The figure of 109 expelled Russians in a single quarter exceeds the annual figure for 2025 (73 people) by approximately 1.5 times. This means that the rate of expulsion of Russian citizens grew sharply in the second half of 2026: more deportations were recorded in three months than in the entire previous year. ### Nine Months of 2026: 3,170 Deportations From January to September 2026, 3,170 foreigners left Georgia for violating migration laws — almost 2.5 times more than in the entire previous year. Among them were 791 Turkish citizens, 306 Indian citizens, 274 Iranian citizens (according to some media outlets — Turkmenistan), and 254 Russians. Thus, the number of expelled Russians in nine months exceeded the figure for the entire year of 2025 by more than three times. ### Tightening Legislation as Background As the media note, Georgia intensified its fight against illegal migration in 2025: the country's parliament tightened migration laws, simplifying deportation and search procedures. Since then, the Georgian Interior Ministry has regularly published reports on the expulsion of foreign citizens who violated the rules of stay in the country, making deportation statistics one of the key indicators of Tbilisi's migration policy. ### Context Earlier, the Russian Union of Travel Industry refuted reports of a mass cancellation of tours to Georgia following news of attacks on Russians, noting that only isolated trip cancellations were recorded. According to the Interior Ministry, the increase in the number of deportations is precisely due to the tightening of migration control rather than changes in the tourist flow. ## Accounts differ ### Nationality of the 274 expelled individuals from January to September 2026 - **Georgian MIA (data cited in base/DW):** 274 expelled from January to September 2026 are citizens of Iran ([dw.com](https://www.dw.com/ru/gruzia-za-tri-mesaca-vydvorila-bolse-rossian-cem-za-ves-proslyj-god/a-79893776)) - **Life.ru:** 274 expelled from January to September 2026 are citizens of Turkmenistan ([life.ru](https://life.ru/p/chemodan-vokzal-nahvamdis-gruziya-za-tri-mesyatsa-vyslala-bolshe-rossiyan-chem)) *Where they agree:* Both sources agree on the total number of deportations for the nine months (3,170) and the figures for Turkey (791), India (306), and Russia (254). ## Fact-Check & Sources - [Грузия за третий квартал выдворила 109 россиян - это в 1,5 раза больше, чем за весь 2025 год](https://www.dw.com/ru/gruzia-za-tri-mesaca-vydvorila-bolse-rossian-cem-za-ves-proslyj-god/a-79893776) - Primary source: 109 Russians for Q3 2026, 73 for 2025, 1134 total for the quarter, 3170 for 9 months, 254 Russians for 9 mos, 274 — Iran. - [Грузия за три месяца выдворила 109 граждан России](https://360.ru/news/mir/gruzija-za-tri-mesjatsa-vydvorila-109-grazhdan-rossii/) - Reference to TASS/Georgian MIA: 109 Russians, 1134 total, Turkey 306, 3170 for 9 mos, 254 Russians, 1311 for 2025. - [Чемодан, вокзал, нахвамдис: Грузия за три месяца выслала больше россиян, чем за весь прошлый год](https://life.ru/p/chemodan-vokzal-nahvamdis-gruziya-za-tri-mesyatsa-vyslala-bolshe-rossiyan-chem) - Confirms 109/73, 1134, 3170, 791/306/254; discrepancy: 274 indicated as Turkmenistan (in the base — Iran). - [Грузия за три месяца выслала больше россиян, чем за весь 2025 год](https://newsroom24.ru/spb/news/politics/2026/news_374081/) - Confirms 109 for Q3 2026 and 73 for 2025 according to the Georgian MIA. ## FAQ ### How many Russian citizens did Georgia expel in the third quarter of 2026? 109 people for violating migration legislation. ### How many Russians were expelled during the whole of 2025? 73 people, meaning the figure for a single quarter of 2026 is nearly 1.5 times higher than the annual total for 2025. ### How many foreigners in total left Georgia during the first nine months of 2026? 3,170 people, including 791 Turkish citizens, 306 Indian citizens, 274 Iranian citizens (according to several publications — Turkmenistan), and 254 Russians. ### Which countries lead in the number of deportations in the third quarter of 2026? Turkish citizens lead with 306, followed by Russians in second place with 109; a total of 1,134 foreigners were expelled during the quarter.