Our message is that today the court is independent and we will do everything to protect the independence of the court, - Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze told journalists, responding to the sacntioning of two Georgian judges - Levan Murusidze and Mikheil Chinchaladze - by Great Britain.

As the head of government noted, those who are acting on behalf of Britain today, with the aim of violating the independence of the Georgian judiciary, were the same forces that until 2012 completely protected the ugliness that was operating in the Georgian judiciary.

"I can remind you of what was happening in Georgia before 2012, specifically in the justice system, and how the system has changed since 2012. I also talked about statistics, the statistics have improved twice, three times, in some cases 20 times. For example, in the Strasbourg Court, despite the fact that the legal culture has changed, the legal culture has been raised, three times fewer cases are being brought to the Strasbourg Court regarding Georgian justice. This is irrefutable evidence not only that the situation in the judicial system has radically improved since 2012, but it is also evidence that today the Georgian justice system is functioning healthily. It is absolutely logical that, including in relation to British sanctions, those forces, or the force, the so-called Deep State, are engaged in all this, which had approved of all sorts of vices and ugliness in Georgian justice until 2012, and today they criticize the healthy judicial system. There is direct logic here - today, those who act on behalf of Britain, with the aim of violating the independence of the Georgian judiciary, were the same forces that until 2012 completely protected the ugliness that operated in the Georgian judiciary," - said Irakli Kobakhidze.