Guselnikov spoke about the circumstances of his detention and arrest in Georgia.

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Russian citizen Artem Guselnikov was arrested in Georgia for participating in a protest. He said he attended in solidarity with the people of Georgia and his fellow countryman Anton Chechin, who was convicted of drug possession. Guselnikov has already been released and plans to return home.

As "Caucasian Knot" reported, Russian citizen Artem Guselnikov was arrested in Tbilisi at the end of October. The court sentenced him to seven days in jail for blocking traffic on Rustaveli Avenue.

Russian citizen Artem Guselnikov, detained for participating in pro-European protests in Tbilisi, was released on November 3. He told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about this.

The 28-year-old single native of Barnaul, who works for a consulting company, said he flew to Georgia on vacation. "I went to the protest in solidarity with the people of Georgia in general and with Anton Chechin in particular. "Anton and I are from the same city, we have mutual friends, but if we've ever met in person, it's only been briefly," he noted.

The arrest itself, according to Guselnikov, occurred as he was about to leave Georgia. "⁠They stopped me at the border and took me to the station. Then to court, and from there to a special detention center," he said.

According to him, he was treated fairly humanely. "There was no violence or threats of violence," he said. He hadn't seen Chechin, as he was in prison, while Guselnikov himself was in a special detention center.

Guselnikov also reported that there was no threat of deportation; he was flying out of Georgia on his own today, November 4th. He also believes he will not be persecuted in Russia. "I probably won't face prosecution; my last trial in Russia was for an arrest while laying flowers on Sakharov Avenue in February 2024. In August 2025, I was detained at the border upon arrival in Russia, but released after two hours of questioning and a phone check," he concluded.

Chechin's wife, Manana Samkharadze, told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that her husband, who is on a hunger strike in support of another prisoner, Anastasia Zinovkina, is in poor health. "They're not receiving any medical care there, just CT scans," she said.

According to her, her husband ended his hunger strike due to health reasons. "They were promised a transfer to a hospital, but as of [the evening of November 3], the transfer has not yet taken place," she noted.

Samkharadze emphasized that an appeal has been filed in Chechin's case, and its hearing is expected at the end of November.