Mileri Lagazauri, Deputy Head of the Special Tasks Department (STD) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who was sanctioned by the United Kingdom and the United States, has resigned from his position. The Ministry stated that he left the service "based on personal request."
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Recently, several senior officials sanctioned by Western countries have been dismissed from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In late May, it was announced that Vakhtang Gomelauri, the Minister of Internal Affairs, had resigned. Soon after, Zviad Kharazishvili, Director of the Special Tasks Department, known as "Khareba," and one of his deputies, Mirza Kezevadze, also left their positions.
The British government sanctioned Gomelauri, Kharazishvili, and Lagazauri in December 2024 for violence against protesters, media, and opposition representatives, while Kezevadze was sanctioned in April 2025.
Before this, the US imposed sanctions on senior STD officials. The Department of the Treasury stated that in May 2024, during protests before the adoption of the "Russian law," Zviad Kharazishvili and Mileri Lagazauri supervised violence against citizens, political opposition leaders, journalists, and young activists. They have also been sanctioned by the Baltic states.
Mileri Lagazauri and other sanctioned senior officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs received Orders of Honor from Georgian Dream President Mikheil Kavelashvili for their "special contribution to strengthening legality and law and order."
