The ruling Georgian Dream General Secretary and Tbilisi Mayor, Kakha Kaladze, has issued a warning to participants of the ongoing protests against the Russian Law.
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"We have a lot of information on various topics, a lot, a lot of information about their plans, steps to be taken. I want to call on everyone to calm down. No one should dare to act outside the law. This will be followed by a very strict response."
I warn everyone: they are playing with fire. I warn everyone: be very careful. Do you want to hold the rally peacefully? Let them be of good will and conduct it peacefully, but as soon as there is a misdemeanor, it will be followed by a very sharp response, of course, within the limits of the law.
We heard the statements of the security service, and I want to emphasize once again that we will not allow anyone to incite confrontation or revolution, regardless of whether they are from outside the country or inside the country. We will not allow it. We have already moved past the era when the government was changed by revolution," Kaladze said.
Thousands of protests against the Russian Law have been held in Tbilisi since April 15. As Kakha Kaladze says, "in reality," the rallies are violent, and "specific people, specific radical groups" are behind them. Kakha Kaladze did not name them.
"As for confrontation, polarization, everything is instigated from abroad. We see a number of announcements, and also, all this is done with specific funding…
We are direct about the mentioned law, are we not hiding anything? We say that we want to reduce foreign influence, we want to reduce American influence in the country, we want to reduce European influence, Russian influence, and the influence of other countries. There are some important issues that are difficult for us to talk about so publicly," Kaladze said on the broadcast of the government propaganda TV channel Imedi.
Demonstrations against the Russian Law were repeatedly dispersed by the authorities. The Internal Affairs Ministry arrested more than 100 peaceful protesters, including 7 under criminal law. Ucha Abashidze, a military commander, is among those arrested. At the same time, unknown persons threaten and attack opposition politicians and civil activists participating in the rally. The targets of the hate campaign are independent journalists and heads of non-governmental organizations.
Another large-scale demonstration against the Russian aw in Tbilisi is planned for Saturday, May 11.
