The government's insistence on passing this law against the wishes of the population and despite the protests of its partners is a direct provocation, - President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili said regarding the developments near the Parliament.

She evaluates the government's action as a Russian strategy of destabilization.

"The second day of mass protest in Tbilisi against the Russian law. The government's insistence on passing this law against the wishes of the population and despite the protests of its partners is a direct provocation - a Russian strategy of destabilization," the President said.