Eight protesters detained on February, 2, on criminal charges near the Tbilisi Mall released on bail.

In particular, the Tbilisi City Court, under the presiding judge David Kurtanidze, reviewed the cases of Gigi Ugulava, Dimitri Bidzinashvili, Irakli Tsignadze, Irakli Tabatadze, Nikoloz Kutubidze, Vasil Eliava, Nikoloz Kumsishvili, and Aleksandre Gogoladze, who allegedly attempted to block “a strategically important” highway near Tbilisi Mall.

The judge had imposed a bail of GEL 3,500 on Vasil Eliava and Nikoloz Kutubidze.

GEL 4,000 on Nikoloz Kumsishvili.

GEL 5,000 on Gigi Ugulava, Dimitri Bidzinashvili, Irakli Tskignadze, Irakli Tabatadze and Alexandre Gogoladze.