The News in Brief
Thursday, August 11, 2022
Prepared by Messenger Staff
'Officials in Georgia should change their tone' Mykhailo Podolyak to Georgian Dream leaders
Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to the head of the administration of the President of Ukraine, in an interview with Mtavari Arkhi, talked about the statements made by the Georgian ruling party Georgian Dream leaders, saying that 'Officials in Georgia should change their tone, and if they cannot do it for some reasons, then they should reduce their public speeches regarding Ukraine' as this will be good for their reputation.
According to him, people who justify the ongoing genocide in Ukraine will themselves be judged by the international community.
"Personally, I, as well as President Zelensky and Davit Arakhamia, understand very well that the Georgian people stand by Ukraine. This nation understands well the essence of the ongoing war in Ukraine. These people share the values of freedom and democracy and are categorically against outdated Russian technologies.
Everyone knows what is happening in Ukraine. While civilians are being killed in Ukraine, no one can criticize us and no one can say that we don't understand something. Officials in Georgia should change their tone, and if for some reason they can't do it, then reduce their public speeches about Ukraine - it will be good for their reputation. People who justify the ongoing genocide in Ukraine will themselves be judged by the international community. It would be desirable for these people to think about their reputation and future and not be excluded from the international community," Podolyak said.
He also spoke about the former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili and de-oligarchization, noting that it is necessary to impose sanctions on Bidzina Ivanishvili and he is sure that there will be individual sanctions.
"A person can earn money, but you understand that they finance the killing of people without any money, so you have to pay a price. Of course, as in Georgia, there was a wave of rich people. We call them oligarchs.They have a lot of money. They buy parties, seize mandates in the parliament and influence political processes. Ukraine understood this and came out against it. We are trying to bring this process to the end. Georgia should also go this way. They should be big businessmen, but they should not influence politics. Unfortunately, we do not see this in Georgia today. De-oligarchization is an effective way and I am sure the country will go through this way.Therefore, it would be desirable that the Georgian oligarchs, who are on the side of Russia, pay the corresponding price," said Mykhailo Podolyak.
'It was a mistake not giving Georgia an action plan for NATO membership in 2008' says Andrius Kubilius
European Parliament member Andrius Kubilius, in an interview with Formula, said that after the August 2008 war Western countries made a mistake when they did not give Georgia an action plan for NATO membership.
According to Kubilius, the fact that the occupation of Georgian territories by the Russian imperial forces in 2008 was not followed by a response is 'a big geopolitical mistake'.
"We can now state even more firmly that it was a very big mistake of the West in 2008 that Georgia and Ukraine were not given the action plan for NATO membership. It was that the Kremlin learned that it will do whatever it wants in countries like Georgia and Ukraine, and the imperial, colonial war that started in 2008 in Georgia was a clear signal of what was going to happen, what was going on, and then it was followed by the occupation of Crimea, and then we saw aggressive War in Ukraine. It started in Georgia and continues to this day, and I hope that the Western world will understand much better the suffering of the Georgian people, the suffering of the Ukrainians, why these people were suffering and why it was a very big mistake not to respond to the occupation of the territories of Georgia in 2008 by the Russian imperial forces very clearly and In a direct way, because there was an effort to dialogue with Putin, after the war in Georgia, it was a very big geopolitical mistake of the West" said Andrius Kubilius.
'Officials in Georgia should change their tone' Mykhailo Podolyak to Georgian Dream leaders
Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to the head of the administration of the President of Ukraine, in an interview with Mtavari Arkhi, talked about the statements made by the Georgian ruling party Georgian Dream leaders, saying that 'Officials in Georgia should change their tone, and if they cannot do it for some reasons, then they should reduce their public speeches regarding Ukraine' as this will be good for their reputation.
According to him, people who justify the ongoing genocide in Ukraine will themselves be judged by the international community.
"Personally, I, as well as President Zelensky and Davit Arakhamia, understand very well that the Georgian people stand by Ukraine. This nation understands well the essence of the ongoing war in Ukraine. These people share the values of freedom and democracy and are categorically against outdated Russian technologies.
Everyone knows what is happening in Ukraine. While civilians are being killed in Ukraine, no one can criticize us and no one can say that we don't understand something. Officials in Georgia should change their tone, and if for some reason they can't do it, then reduce their public speeches about Ukraine - it will be good for their reputation. People who justify the ongoing genocide in Ukraine will themselves be judged by the international community. It would be desirable for these people to think about their reputation and future and not be excluded from the international community," Podolyak said.
He also spoke about the former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili and de-oligarchization, noting that it is necessary to impose sanctions on Bidzina Ivanishvili and he is sure that there will be individual sanctions.
"A person can earn money, but you understand that they finance the killing of people without any money, so you have to pay a price. Of course, as in Georgia, there was a wave of rich people. We call them oligarchs.They have a lot of money. They buy parties, seize mandates in the parliament and influence political processes. Ukraine understood this and came out against it. We are trying to bring this process to the end. Georgia should also go this way. They should be big businessmen, but they should not influence politics. Unfortunately, we do not see this in Georgia today. De-oligarchization is an effective way and I am sure the country will go through this way.Therefore, it would be desirable that the Georgian oligarchs, who are on the side of Russia, pay the corresponding price," said Mykhailo Podolyak.
'It was a mistake not giving Georgia an action plan for NATO membership in 2008' says Andrius Kubilius
European Parliament member Andrius Kubilius, in an interview with Formula, said that after the August 2008 war Western countries made a mistake when they did not give Georgia an action plan for NATO membership.
According to Kubilius, the fact that the occupation of Georgian territories by the Russian imperial forces in 2008 was not followed by a response is 'a big geopolitical mistake'.
"We can now state even more firmly that it was a very big mistake of the West in 2008 that Georgia and Ukraine were not given the action plan for NATO membership. It was that the Kremlin learned that it will do whatever it wants in countries like Georgia and Ukraine, and the imperial, colonial war that started in 2008 in Georgia was a clear signal of what was going to happen, what was going on, and then it was followed by the occupation of Crimea, and then we saw aggressive War in Ukraine. It started in Georgia and continues to this day, and I hope that the Western world will understand much better the suffering of the Georgian people, the suffering of the Ukrainians, why these people were suffering and why it was a very big mistake not to respond to the occupation of the territories of Georgia in 2008 by the Russian imperial forces very clearly and In a direct way, because there was an effort to dialogue with Putin, after the war in Georgia, it was a very big geopolitical mistake of the West" said Andrius Kubilius.