TBILISI, May 21 – Another Georgian opposition figure has turned to Moldova’s President Maia Sandu for inspiration, as Georgia’s anti-government forces continue looking abroad for allies in their fight against Georgian Dream.
Levan Tsutskiridze, chairman of Freedom Square, said Thursday that his group had a “good bilateral meeting” with Sandu.
The meeting took place on the sidelines of the GLOBSEC Forum 2026 in Prague, one of Europe’s major security and foreign policy gatherings.
He wrote on Facebook that support from friends with experience defeating “oligarchic rule” would be important for bringing Georgia back to the European path.
“President Sandu shared her support for the Georgian people fighting for freedom,” Tsutskiridze wrote. He also said Sandu had spoken about the skepticism she had to overcome in Moldova.
According to Tsutskiridze, Moldova under Sandu’s leadership has received several billion in EU support and is carrying out strategic projects, including development of European artificial intelligence infrastructure.
He said Moldova and Georgia both belong in the European democratic space.
“We will not get tired until we return our country to its rightful place on the European continent,” Tsutskiridze wrote.
The meeting fits a wider pattern in Georgian opposition politics. Since Georgian Dream tightened its grip after the disputed 2024 parliamentary election, opposition figures have increasingly looked to friendly governments, European parties and anti-Russian leaders around the region for moral and political support.
In August 2025, United National Movement chair Tina Bokuchava also met Sandu in Chisinau, together with UNM party secretary Giorgi Baramidze. At the time, Bokuchava pointed to Moldova’s example as a way for Georgia to return to a pro-EU course, while Baramidze accused the Georgian government of acting as a “fifth column” for Moscow.
Georgia’s ruling party views such visits as attempts by the opposition to win outside backing for a domestic fight, while the opposition sees Sandu as a model for success, being a pro-EU leader in a small post-Soviet country facing Russian pressure and domestic resistance.
