In Tbilisi, the police on Sunday, February 2, took place an anti -government action of supporters of the Euro -Atlantic course of the country.
The demonstrators tried to block the highway at the entrance to Tbilisi.
of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia reported the detention of 31 people during the protest on the alley of Agmashenebel, at the Tbilisi Mall shopping center
as reported, they are detained administratively, according to the 173rd article (disobedience to the request of a police officer).
Among those taken in custody is the former head of the National Bank Georgy Kadagidze, ex -mayor Tbilisi Gigi Ugogulava and one of the leaders of the Coalition for Changes, Nick Melia.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, some of the detainees have already been released, including Nick Melia.
the European Union, the United States and the opposition of Georgia do not recognize the results of the parliamentary elections and condemn the decision of the ruling party “Georgian dream” to postpone the beginning of negotiations on the EU until 2028.
In turn, Prime Minister Irakli Kobahidze and the government accuse the opposition and the forces supported by the West of trying to overthrow power through “street actions.”
A number of European countries and the United States have already imposed sanctions against Georgian officials.
Protest promotions in Georgia
Protest shares began in Tbilisi and other cities of Georgia after the statement of Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze that the republic will not begin to negotiate in the EU until the end of 2028.
On November 28, Kobahidze said that some European politicians intervene in the internal affairs of Georgia and blackmail Tbilisi with grants. “Taking all this into account, we decided not to raise the question of the start of negotiations with the EU for discussion until the end of 2028,” said the head of the Georgian government.
In protest against the decision of the government, residents of other cities entered the streets.
EU, the USA, the former President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili and the opposition does not recognize the results of the parliamentary elections in which the Georgian Dream won.
The Government of Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze accuses a number of forces supported by the West, the former President Zurabishvili and the opposition of trying to overthrow the government through “street actions”
After the government’s decision to suspend European integration, the ambassadors of Georgia, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Bulgaria and South Korea resigned from their posts.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree on the introduction of sanctions against 19 representatives of the Georgian authorities, including the Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and the leader of the ruling party “Georgian Dream” Bidzina Ivanishvili.