Residents of Batumi came to the rally for the restoration of relations with Russia
The parliamentary opposition party "Alliance of patriots of Georgia" and their supporters carried out in the centre of Batumi the meeting for the establishment of relations with Russia, informs Georgian 1st channel.
Activists events require from the government of non-aligned status for Georgia, refraining from militant rhetoric to the capital of Russia and the restoration of Russian-Georgian relations to pre-crisis levels.
"The main requirement is that our leadership has finally seen what the people want," said party leader Irma Inashvili at the rally. She also urged the authorities to hold direct dialogue with Russia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Russian-Georgian relations deteriorated after the fact, how Jun 20, Tbilisi swept demonstrations of dissent against the participation of deputies of the state Duma at the session of the Interparliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy. Radicals seized the building of the Parliament, where the delegation of Russia. Special forces stopped the riots, dispersed the rally, but on the following day the protests continued. As a result of collision damage 240 people, more than 300 tied.
the leader of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili has called the Russian Federation " enemy ", saying that Moscow best public split in the country. Then Vladimir Putin the decree has banned direct air links with Georgia, which entered into force on 8 July. Fresh punishment caused a substantial decline in tourist arrivals in the country and the national currency, the lari, has updated the historical minimum.
late TV host Giorgi Gabunia, on the air of "Rustavi 2" swore to the President of the Russian Federation, than has provoked a wave of condemnation in your own address. Residents of Georgia feared that the trick of the journalist will cause even greater aggravation of relations between the two countries. Behavior Gabunia declared illegal leader and Prime Minister of the country.
Putin, explaining the proposals to Institute in Russia a case under the criminal code against Gabunia said, because it will lead " many of honor ".
in mid July a delegation of the opposition party "Alliance of patriots of Georgia" visited Moscow, where he held a number of meetings in the state Duma discussed prospects of restoration of Russian-Georgian relations.
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