On April 10, 2025, Formula journalist Eliso Jariashvili was notified that she had been fined 5,000 lari for “artificially blocking the road.” The Ministry of Internal Affairs accuses her of “artificially blocking the road” on March 12, 2025, while performing her professional duties. According to Jariashvili, the materials sent by the Ministry show that at the time of the fine, she was conducting an interview on Rustaveli Avenue together with camera operators and a colleague journalist. Jariashvili appealed the fine, but the case has not yet been reviewed.
Georgian Dream increased the amount of fines in the context of the pro-European protests that began after November 28. According to amendments made to Georgia’s Code of Administrative Offence, the fine for illegally blocking a roadway has been increased tenfold from 500 GEL to 5,000 GEL.