On October 8, the European Parliament adopted a resolution regarding attempts by Georgia's ruling party to secure a ban on opposition parties in the country. The document was supported by 445 MEPs, with 37 voting against. The resolution was drafted following a debate on the situation in Georgia held the previous day.
After a criminal case was opened for “justifying terrorism,” KBR native Zalina Marshenkulova was put on the federal wanted list. According to investigators, she posted publications in the public channel of the Telegram messenger that justified the murder of the Russian “military correspondent” Vladlen Tatarsky.
In her Telegram channel “Women’s Power,” Marchenkulova published several posts about Tatarsky’s death, in which she called him a “zombie” and a “bandit,” citing Tatarsky’s quote about the war against Ukraine: “We will defeat everyone, we will kill everyone, we will rob everyone we need.” . Everything will be as we like.”
The activist also called sympathy for the death of “a cannibal, an aggressor, a former robber, who supported the murders in Ukraine, which did nothing to anyone, hypocrisy.”
On April 2, 2023, an explosion occurred in a St. Petersburg cafe where a meeting with the pro-government military commander Vladlen Tatarsky was taking place. As a result, Tatarsky died. Security forces detained St. Petersburg resident Daria Trepova as the perpetrator of the action. In January 2024, she was sentenced to 27 years in prison.