I will definitely appeal the disgraceful decision made by the Supreme Court in the Strasbourg Court. Tadumadze and Ivanishvili's pocket court exist only to stoop to anything, - former Defense Minister Davit Kezerashvili wrote on the social network, thus responding to the sentence of five years in prison by the Supreme Court.

According to Davit Kezerashvili, the "initiator" of the decision is Irakli Gharibashvili.

"The decision made by Ivanishvili's personal lawyer and former Prosecutor General in the Supreme Court is another step on his part to adjust the judiciary to its own narrow political tasks. I have a special love for my country and a sense of responsibility. It is this responsibility that has been and continues to be the main motivation for me to be an active supporter of any manifestation of the struggle for freedom in Georgia over the years - be it civic activism or support for Western media free from government influence. I will definitely appeal the disgraceful decision made by the Supreme Court in the Strasbourg court. Tadumadze and Ivanishvili's pocket court exist only to stoop to anything - having proved my innocence in two instances in their own court and after a pause of almost four years, to turn the case this way. I know that the direct initiator and organizer of this abomination is Irakli Gharibashvili, an understrapper of Ivanishvili. It is he who thinks that in this way he will intimidate or blackmail me, or the television I support. It reassures me that I am on the right side of history and motivates me to be more enthusiastic about helping free speech and the struggle for freedom in Georgia in general", - Kezerashvili wrote.