A protest rally with the slogan: "No to the Kremlin's diktat" is taking place near the parliament

"No to the Kremlin's diktat" - with this slogan, an action is being held in front of the Georgian legislative body.­

Those gathered near the parliament building are protesting the statement of Bidzina Ivanishvili, the honorary chairman of "Georgian Dream", according to which "as soon as the elections of October 26 are over, we will definitely find the strength in ourselves to apologize for the fact that, in accordance with the task, the treacherous "National Movement" opened fire in 2008 He wrapped our Ossetian sisters and brothers in flames.

"One of the leaders of the "Strong Georgia" coalition, Levan Tsutskiridze, is present at the rally.

As he explained, the citizens of Georgia have nothing to apologize for."I don't care about any real citizen who heard and wanted to clap for him. Here I come, a citizen who is angry. I came for solidarity. "Georgia should have a government that should serve the interests of the people, not the interests of Russia," Tsutskiridze said.

For information, at the regional meeting of "Georgian Dream" in Gori yesterday, Bidzina Ivanishvili said that "immediately after the elections on October 26, we will definitely find the strength in ourselves to apologize for the fact that, in accordance with the task, the traitorous "National Movement" in 2008 burned our Ossetian sisters and brothers. As Ivanishvili noted, the war of August 2008 was not the wish of either Georgian or Ossetian people.

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