Makharadze started his career as a low-ranking member of the Soviet Foreign Ministry, initially starting as a Clerk in the Soviet Embassy in Bulgaria in 1982. He was later posted in a Soviet Consulate in Calcutta, India.
Makharadze began his career with the Soviet Foreign Ministry as a junior staff member, working initially as an assistant at the Soviet Embassy in Bulgaria in 1982. He was later assigned to a Soviet Consulate in Calcutta, India.