Oleksiy Goncharenko: Georgia is itself a victim of Russian aggression, but does not support the Tribunal against Russian aggression, can you imagine this? - The question is: who is the Georgian government actually working for, who are their patrons?

Georgia has not signed qn agreement to establish a special tribunal against Russian aggression, Oleksiy Goncharenko stated at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

According to him, Georgia itself is a victim of Russian aggression, but does not support the tribunal against Russian aggression, therefore, according to him, the question arises: who is the Georgian government actually working for, who are their patrons?

“Yesterday, here in this hall, we received the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, who made a speech, but before that he signed an agreement on a special tribunal. A truly historic moment - a tribunal for aggression.

But you know what? There are six member states that have not signed this agreement. And one of these former countries is Georgia. And Georgia itself is a victim of Russian aggression. 20% of Georgia’s territory is occupied by Russia. Almost the same number as in Ukraine.

Georgia was a victim of the Moscow regime even earlier than we were. And after that Georgia does not support the tribunal against Russian aggression. Can you imagine that?

So the question is - who is the Georgian government really working for? Who are their patrons? When they arrest opposition leaders, this is not the voice of the Georgian people, this is the whisper of the Kremlin.

The Georgian people deserve leaders who will support them, not Putin. And that’s exactly what’s happening now.

Yes, part of the blame lies with all of us. There was a moment in 2008 when Ukraine and Georgia stood at NATO’s door and NATO said: “Yes, we’ll let you in, but we don’t know when.” Many people didn’t understand what was happening. Putin clearly understood. And since 2008 he started a war against Georgia, then against Ukraine.

He is destroying these countries, trying to kill all of us, trying to occupy these countries. And now he is taking Georgia in a hybrid way, because his tanks are too busy in Ukraine. That’s why it’s not tanks, but puppets, Russian agents, who are carrying out this attack on Georgia.

This is not Bidzina Ivanishvili. We should call him “Lukashvili,” because he is making Belarus out of Georgia. That’s the way of Belarus, which first lost democracy, and then statehood. And now this is an occupied country. This is exactly what is happening in Georgia now.

Just a few months ago, we met here with Giorgi Vashadze, other Georgian leaders who are now in prison. Just imagine - we met them, shook their hands, said to them, “Long live Georgia,” and now these people are in prison.

We must do everything we can to save Georgia from Moscow, to return Georgia to the Georgian people. Long live Georgia,” Goncharenko said.