Following the 26 October election, which was rigged, de facto Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said he was suspending Georgia’s EU accession talks until 2028.

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He also said that European politicians and bureaucrats use grants for blackmail, against the interests of Georgia.

These statements caused great indignation among the Georgian population and many thousands of absolutely peaceful, spontaneous rallies began. In order to disperse peaceful demonstrations, law enforcement agencies began to use tear gas, pepper spray, special water cannon, rubber bullets, batons and other means.

The special forces and the so-called robocops used inadequate force to disperse the demonstrations – there are many people arrested, beaten and maimed who are still being treated.
There are many cases, and even some of them are recorded on video, when riot police beat young people when they had already fallen on the pavement and lost consciousness(?!).

The vast majority of those affected are young people ( among them there are minors) because they are the ones who started the protests. Many tertiary institutions from school have gone on strike. Students and school children are participating in spontaneous rallies.

Despite the fact that the actions of the security forces are simply inhuman, the people of Georgia continue to protest every day and defend their European choice.

The majority of the Georgian population believes that these anti-constitutional, anti-European decisions of Bidzina Ivanishvili’s one-party, de facto Georgian Dream government are dictated by the Putin-Russian regime.
The majority of the Georgian population demands new parliamentary elections and the resumption of EU accession negotiations.