No matter how hard you try, you won’t find me in the case materials. I am mentioned in 2 sentences, and that too very vaguely - for example, I can’t make sense of any of the sentences, - one of the leaders of the Coalition for Changes, Nika Gvaramia, a defendant in the so-called sabotage case, told journalists before the start of the trial.

According to Gvaramia, for him, the full anatomy of the so-called sabotage case “is a waste of reading 47 stupid volumes and not being able to find himself”.

“To be honest, I can’t tell you exactly what it will be and how. I am ready for anything because in this country where we live, anything is possible. No matter how hard you try, you won’t find me in the case materials. I am mentioned in 2 sentences, and that too very vaguely. For example, I can’t make sense of any of these sentences. Accordingly, I don’t even know what to answer. What to prove, I don’t know. There are 47 volumes. The futile struggle of reading 47 stupid volumes and not finding yourself - this is the anatomy of this case for me,” Gvaramia said.

In addition, in response to a question about a possible unification of the opposition, Gvaramia noted that “it is impossible for the unification of the opposition to fail.”

“I am deeply convinced of this,” Gvaramia said.

For information, the Prosecutor General’s Office has charged Mikheil Saakashvili, Giorgi Vashadze, Nika Gvaramia, Nika Melia, Zurab Girchi Japaridze, Elene Khoshtaria, Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze in the so-called sabotage case.

More specifically, Giorgi Vashadze and Zurab “Girchi” Japaridze are charged under Article 318(1) and Article 319 of the Criminal Code, covering sabotage and assisting a foreign country in hostile activities. This carries a sentence of 7–15 years imprisonment.

Elene Khoshtaria is charged under Articles 318(1), 319, and 321¹(1), covering sabotage, providing material resources for the crime, and assisting a foreign country in hostile activities.

Nika Gvaramia, Nika Melia, Mamuka Khazaradze, and Badri Japaridze are charged under Article 318(1), covering sabotage.

Mikheil Saakashvili is charged under Article 317, which covers calls to violently change Georgia’s constitutional order or overthrow state power.

As a preventive measure, Giorgi Vashadze and Zurab “Girchi” Japaridze have bail set at 30,000 GEL each, while Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze have bail set at 1 million GEL each.