Tengiz Sharmanashvili: No one is prosecuting Giorgi Baramidze for being patriotic or unpatriotic - what repression are we talking about?! Who forced him to say this?! Did the state whisper them in his ear?!
Gia Volski – Baramidze’s statement is a direct attack on the state
Lasha Parulava: Mamuka Mdinaradze is under house arrest; government reshuffles and arrests are planned for next week. The "Russian Dream" is in its final days; the main thing is for us to prepare to assume power and responsibility
Davit Matikashvili – It creates the impression that the forces issuing orders to the National Movement are alarmed by the policy of peace; consequently, Gvaramia, Saakashvili, and Baramidze are making statements intended to derail this process
Gigi Tsereteli: The autocratic system no longer has red lines when it comes to opponents, so Baramidze’s arrest was expected - it is an act of extreme political malice and an absurd legal charge, as if he had committed ‘treason’ against Georgia
Heads of the Ministry of Finance’s Investigation Service and Revenue Service resign
Elene Khoshtaria: The detention of Giorgi Baramidze is a Russian plan – not showing a large protest this autumn will be a sign that we are tired, and this is unacceptable – the only most correct response is a large anti-occupation rally
Ana Tsitlidze: Gia Baramidze’s detention is an order from Russia - A man who fought with a weapon in his hands for Georgia’s territorial integrity has been detained solely because they are carrying out Russia’s orders
Beka Basilaia: It is impossible for a statement made on a podcast in Baramidze’s case to constitute sabotage - He explained that there had been no unconventional treatment of either those ready to surrender or those who had been taken prisoner
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has released a statement regarding the discovery of the body of a young woman, Keso Dekanosidze, in the sea in Batumi
Tengiz Sharmanashvili: Giorgi Baramidze will face justice and be held accountable for what he has done
Tazo Datunashvili on the issue of banning political parties: Georgian Dream talks about this while simultaneously trying to boast that it is creating some kind of political competition; in reality, they are panicked by the prospect of resistance, so this is nothing more than empty talk
Salome Zourabichvili on Gia Baramidze’s detention: It’s a political process, what else could it be?! - The traitors are the Partskhaladzes and those who kneel before Simonyan
Irakli Pavlenishvili on Baramidze’s detention: There is no legal element to this case whatsoever - if people in Georgia were punished for statements that served to the enemy’s advantage, every spokesperson for the regime would be in prison
The court will consider today whether to impose a pre-trial measure on Giorgi Baramidze
Touring Georgia with young Georgians as Partners