The sequence built over 5 days. After the pardon he was moved to the migration center rather than released outright; he ended a hunger strike on 30 August; a court the same day left him in the center, with a term of up to 3 months. Neither the court nor the migration representative objected that day to his leaving. Then the department required a court decision before any voluntary exit, a requirement Kavkazsky Uzel reports had not been applied in practice before.
“The ticket was for 1 September; no hearing date has surfaced.”
His lawyer, Tsala Ratiashvili, said he will not be able to leave Georgia on 1 September despite the bought ticket to Yerevan. Supporters rallied at the center demanding he be allowed to leave for a safe country voluntarily.
The wire framings now reconcile. One line describes where the migration service's court route points; the exit ban describes the wait in between. The ticket was for 1 September; no hearing date has surfaced.