Protests in Georgia – latest news, TSN story — TSN Exclusive
Protests broke out because the pro-Russian government of Georgia refused European integration.
The Georgian authorities are trying to intimidate citizens with the so-called “Ukrainian scenario”. For the seventh day in a row, Prime Minister from the “Georgian Dream” Iraklii Kobakhidze calls what is happening in Tbilisi “an attempt to stage a Maidan”.
This is stated in the story of TSN correspondent Yana Slesarchuk.
Doctor Heorhiy Davitashvili has just been released from prison, where he was imprisoned on the first day of the protest. Like many Georgians, he is convinced that the Russian scenario will not repeat itself in Tbilisi, no matter how much the local authorities want it.
“Our government thinks that Georgia is Russia, that we will behave like Russians, and no one will show their noses on the street if someone is beaten or tortured on the street. But they are wrong. This is Georgia. Georgians are not like that. We will be more and more during the day,” says…