Actually, we are standing at a very big crossroads: either Europe or Russia. This is how the issue stands, - says Mamuka Khazaradze, the leader of the Lelo in an interview with InterpressNews.

According to him, "Georgian Dream" completely serves the Russian policy in Georgia, therefore the 2024 election will be similar to a referendum.

"Georgian people, who have repeatedly expressed their European choice, should reflect this in the 2024 elections.

"Georgian Dream" is disguised, so to speak, with pseudo-Georgian motivations, but in reality it is driven by only one goal - to stay in power, all its other actions are hidden and sometimes not hidden, they are direct Russian propaganda in Georgia. This is manifested in visa-free travel, scheduling of flights even in cities from which even during the Soviet Union, Tbilisi was not flown to. This is manifested in the mass influx of Russians without visas in the last two years, not to mention the "Gavrilov Night", not to mention the so-called On the Russian law on agents, the direct attack on our strategic partners in the United States or various political leaders in Europe has also been very visible in the last two years. Also, the smearing and impeachment of a Western-oriented president just because the president was meeting with the leaders of the European countries to learn about our future and to support the choices of our people and a lot of things like that.

Also, it is very important to publicize the numbers that reflect the increasing dependence of the Georgian economy on Russia. "Georgian Dream" made our economy purposefully dependent on Russia, this is reflected in the import-export of all strategic products. We import strategic products such as wheat, gasoline, gas, and we are not talking about a 20 or 40 percent share, we are talking about 90 percent of strategic products, as well as wine, which is one of our most important export products. , almost 70 percent pass through Russia. This does not happen by accident.

This is a deliberate policy, and from the outside, we are practically a part of the Russian economy, because 26,000 Russian companies were registered in Georgia in the last two years, and you cannot name even 100 European companies that were registered here during this period. This is the result", Khazaradze said.